Gloss notes in foreign language table

[Christina Conroy]

Hi there,

I have a table that uses gloss notes on some of the French words. I could do the table as a stair step, listed or linear.  If I do it in stair step, there will be 4 levels. Should I treat the gloss notes as usual and have them in 7-5 margins in the line after they appear (which seems like it would screw up the table formatting), or should I treat them as notes to a table and have them appear before the table (this is what I'm leaning toward)?

I've also posted this in the foreign language discussion.

Thanks!

Christina

[claurent]

According to BF 16.8.2 you would put them in 7-5. I can see how this might be confusing to a reader - you could always separate them from the table by adding blank lines before and after the note (this would require a TN). Putting them before the table really isn't helpful either as it can be difficult to know exactly which note goes with which word (unless they are numbered/lettered?).

Cindi

[Christina Conroy]

Thanks Cindi. They are just hollow dots, not numbered. I'll work them into the table the best way I can!

Christina

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