King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, just weeks before the Poor People’s Campaign was scheduled to begin. Leadership of the campaign became fractured,1 and, though the campaign took place as scheduled, it resulted in no major effects and ultimately was deemed a failure. 1. See Viorst: 437–39 for an analysis of how the campaign devolved after King’s assassination What should be corrected in the footnote? Check all that apply. Three more line spaces should be added before the footnote. The number 1 should be written in a superscript. There should be no punctuation after the author’s name. The page numbers should be written “437/39.” There needs to be a period at the end.

Correcting the Footnote

The footnote in the given passage needs to be corrected in the following ways:

• The number 1 should be written in a superscript.
• The page numbers should be written “437–39.”
• There needs to be a period at the end.

Explanation

When writing a footnote, the number must be written in a superscript and the page numbers must be written with an en-dash (437–39). At the end of the footnote, a period is also necessary. The three more line spaces and the punctuation after the author’s name are not necessary.

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