Source citation after exercise material in 1/5, 3/5

[Kathleen E. Talley]

BF 9.5.1(c) says; Do  not insert a blank line before a source citation... However, many of the sources in the book I am transcribing follow exercise material with numbered questions with lettered sub-items (1/5, 3/5) - see attached pdf.

BF 10.2.1 says: Each exercise set ... is preceded and followed by a blank line. And 8.3.2(a) A list is preceded and followed by a blank line in most cases.

I'm not sure if I should leave a blank line before the source citation or not. And I'm not sure in what cell to begin the citation. I can see see 3 possible options: 1) No blank line, begin source citation in cell 10 (fifth cell to the right of the beginning of the previous line - which is a runover that starts in cell 5); 2) Yes, leave a blank line - then does the citation begin in cell 5 or cell 10?

Thank you for your expertise!

Kathy

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[Charles Mize]

Great question!

There is no exception for exercise material. The source citation will immediately follow 3b with no blank line.

Begin the course citation in cell 9 rather than cell 10.  I know it can be confusing. Formatting is almost always an odd-numbered cell. When it states that sources begin in the 5th cell to the right of the previous line, that does not mean 5 blank cells. In your sample, cells 5-8 are blank and cell 9 is the 5th cell.

Look at the cell count before each item below:

1-2-b. text text text text text (3-5)

1-2-3-4-runover text runover text. (cell 5 for the runover)

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-Source  (9-9)

I hope that helps.

Thanks for your question.

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