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- raise
- Ramadan
- rather
- re-
- readable
- reason is because
- reconcile to
- reconcile with
- recruit
- reduction in
- reference notes: author-number system
- reference notes: books
- reference notes: common abbreviations
- reference notes: endnotes
- reference notes: footnotes
- reference notes: general
- reference notes: in-text (author-date)
- reference notes: legal references
- reference notes: periodicals (articles)
- reference notes: subsequent references
- reflexive pronouns
- regard for
- regardless
- Regina
- Reginan
- register with
- regular routine
- relation
- relationship
- relative pronouns
- relieve of
- remand in custody
- remand (on)
- Remembrance Day
- replaced by
- replace with
- report for
- report on/upon
- reports: abstract or summary
- reports: appendixes
- reports: ending
- reports: findings and discussion
- reports: format
- reports: glossary
- reports: headings
- reports: illustrations
- reports: introduction to report
- reports: letter of transmittal
- reports: margins
- reports: mathematics
- reports: pagination
- reports: preparation
- reports: references
- reports: spacing
- reports: table of contents
- reports: title page
- reports: underlining
- report to
- reprieve
- reproach for
- reproach with
- requisition
- research in
- research into
- resemblance
- reservation
- reserve
- responsibility for
- responsibility of
- responsible
- responsible for
- responsible to
- result from
- result in
- resulting effect
- result of
- retreat
- retreat back
- retro-
- revenge
- revision checklist
- revision: content check
- revision: elimination of stereotyping
- revision: extent of revision
- revision: format
- revision: grammar and mechanics
- revision: interrevision
- revision: introduction
- revision: names and addresses
- revision: preparation
- revision: reference notes
- revision: sequence of steps
- revision: style and usage
- revision: timing
- revision: uniform vocabulary
- revolutionize
- revolve around
- rhino-
- rhodo-
- Right Honourable
- right of
- rise
- rivière Saint-Jean
- rob
- roughly
- roughly about
- routine
- Rt. Hon.
- run-on sentences
- Russo-
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reports: references
A report that is the culmination of a study will probably contain quotations or cited material, along with endnotes or footnotes and a bibliography.
Accuracy
A serious yet common failing of writers of reports is inaccuracy, especially in quotations and references.
A quotation should correspond exactly to the original. If a quotation is not exact or is attributed to the wrong author, or if the date, volume number or page number of the reference is wrong, a reader who needs to refer to the source will waste time and lose patience.
It is therefore wise to check all references both before and after they are inserted into the report.
For information on how to deal with omissions and changes to quoted material, see the following articles:
Notes and bibliographies
A bibliography lists the works most often consulted, as well as those likely to be of particular interest to the reader, even if they are not referred to in the text.
For detailed information on different types of reference notes and the various ways of listing bibliographic entries, see our series of articles on reference notes and bibliographies, including the following articles:
- REFERENCE NOTES: GENERAL
- REFERENCE NOTES: FOOTNOTES
- REFERENCE NOTES: ENDNOTES
- REFERENCE NOTES: IN-TEXT (AUTHOR-DATE)
- REFERENCE NOTES: BOOKS
- REFERENCE NOTES: PERIODICALS (ARTICLES)
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES: TYPES OF BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES: AUTHOR’S NAME
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES: TITLES
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES: BOOK
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES: ARTICLES
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