On 5/2/07, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
: This is a fact[1]. This is another fact[2]. These two facts and indeed another one can be supported : by a single reference. [3]
See, that's easy enough to tell that the first two citation markers each apply to the sentence in which they are embedded, and not too difficult to infer that the last applies to the whole paragraph. Sadly it seems to have become the norm to move the markers *after* the concluding punctuation, this leaving it open to interpretation as to whether they might actually to the **following** sentence.
No, no one could possible think a reference applies to the following sentence. There is significant ambiguity about whether it applies to the immediately preceding fact, sentence or paragraph though.
Steve