
Should the job title be spelled “dietitian” or “dietician”?¹ Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?² When does obesity become morbid? However, everyone does agree that forcing children to eat Brussels sprouts is immoral. The note(s) will show up as a superscript number in your text:ĭietitians are still divided on some key questions. Whichever option you choose, don’t mix and match. Then go to the References panel in MS Word and insert either a footnote or endnote. To add a note, place your cursor in the text (typically at the end of a sentence or unit of thought). You can use notes for all kinds of reasons, including explaining what edition of a text you used, listing additional citations when there are a lot of sources, or simply providing more information.

However, sometimes a note may be helpful to provide some information without adding a digression or interrupting the flow of the argument.

After all, the whole point is to cite your source in the body of the text. The MLA Handbook (9th ed.) discourages extensive use of footnotes and endnotes.
