Endnotes or Footnotes?

Avoid the error of referring to "endnotes" as "footnotes."

They both serve the same function, but endnotes appear at the end of an article, chapter, or book instead of the foot of the page.

Endnotes are harder on readers than footnotes because they require flipping through pages to locate references.

Unfortunately, scholarly journals and books increasingly use endnotes to simplify printing and to unclutter pages.

A hint from Bryan Garner.