in-text referencing tool

English translation: mark (pilcrow) used within the text itself to make it easier to find a particular section

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English term or phrase:in-text referencing tool
Selected answer:mark (pilcrow) used within the text itself to make it easier to find a particular section
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

12:46 Jan 6, 2016
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English term or phrase: in-text referencing tool
In academic writing, it is sometimes[citation needed] used as an in-text referencing tool to make reference to a specific paragraph from a document that does not contain page numbers, allowing the reader to find where that particular idea or statistic was sourced.

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Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 11:28
used within the text itself to be able to find a particular section or part
Explanation:
this mark just makes it easier to find (=refer to) a particular section or part

"allowing the reader to find where that particular idea or statistic was sourced"

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:28
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used within the text itself to be able to find a particular section or part


Explanation:
this mark just makes it easier to find (=refer to) a particular section or part

"allowing the reader to find where that particular idea or statistic was sourced"

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Note added at 1 day47 mins (2016-01-07 13:33:09 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:28
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PRO pts in category: 4

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