Editing Note (typography) (section)

== Location ==
Footnote reference numbers ("cues") in the body text of a page should be placed at the end of a sentence if possible, after the final punctuation. This minimizes the interruption of the flow of reading and allows the reader to absorb a complete sentence-idea before having their attention redirected to the content of the note.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-19 |title=How to Write Footnotes: Rules and Examples |url=https://www.grammarly.com/blog/footnotes/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |newspaper=How to Write Footnotes: Rules and Examples &#124; Grammarly Blog |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>The cue is placed after any punctuation (normally after the closing point of a sentence). ... Notes cued in the middle of a sentence are a distraction to the reader, and cues are best located at the end of sentences.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waddingham |first=Anne |title=New Hart's rules: the Oxford style guide |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford university press |isbn=978-0-19-957002-7 |edition=2nd |location=Oxford |pages=332–334 |chapter=}}</ref></blockquote>