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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006what does "reference" mean here?
Hi, I saw the following sentence in a context where the discussion is about a person's academic work. I think "reference" here means the author's name, publication date, and info about where it was published, e.g. journal name or book title. Am I right? I'd appreciate your help. "Do you have some reason for not providing the reference? " Ray > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ray yes, you are quite right > > I saw the following sentence in a context where the discussion is about > > a person's academic work. I think "reference" here means the author's > > name, publication date, and info about where it was published, e.g. > > journal name or book title. Am I right? I'd appreciate your help. > > > > "Do you have some reason for not providing the reference? " > yes, you are quite right Well -- yes in informal speech: but "citation" is the correct nomenclature. The giant directories published every quarter in Philadelphia are citation indices, not reference indices.  SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) >>> I saw the following sentence in a context where the discussion is about >>> a person's academic work. I think "reference" here means the author's [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > every quarter in Philadelphia are citation indices, not > reference indices. Ah, now it's nice to see someone who agrees with me that the plural of "index" is always "indices". I'm sure I'm not dreaming it that some professional compilers of these things (at least in the UK) insist that the things at the end of books are "indexes", and that "indices" are reserved for powers of numbers. I don't buy this. Regards Jonathan |
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