Inline Citation Question

Anyone know how to do an inline citation, when the sentence already ends with some parenthetical insertion?

For example, how would you do an inline citation for something like this:

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)."

Milne, D.J.W. (1996) 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Scotland; Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications (Focus on the Bible Commentary), p. 53.

Would it be something like this?

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)(Milne, p. 53)."

Is it okay to put two parenthesis at the end of a sentence, or is there some other way you're supposed to do this (e.g. MLA or APA)?

Milne, D.J.W. (1996) 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Scotland; Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications (Focus on the Bible Commentary), p. 53.

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MJ. Smith

For what style? There are several

Randy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1213813#Comment_1213813

For what style? There are several

I said, "(e.g. MLA or APA)?"

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1213814#Comment_1213814

For what style? There are several

I said, "(e.g. MLA or APA)?"

Sorry, I read too quickly.

I can find no special instructions for unrelated, adjacent parens.

Rosie Perera

For example, how would you do an inline citation for something like this:

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)."

Milne, D.J.W. (1996) 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Scotland; Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications (Focus on the Bible Commentary), p. 53.

Would it be something like this?

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)(Milne, p. 53)."

If that quote with its parenthetical reference is from Milne, then I wouldn't put the end of your quotation mark after (Milne, p. 53), but rather before, like this:

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)." (Milne, p. 53)

Note I also moved your period to within the quotation mark at the end of Milne's quote. And a space before the opening parenthesis around the Milne citation.

Randy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1213822#Comment_1213822

For example, how would you do an inline citation for something like this:

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)."

Milne, D.J.W. (1996) 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Scotland; Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications (Focus on the Bible Commentary), p. 53.

Would it be something like this?

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)(Milne, p. 53)."

If that quote with its parenthetical reference is from Milne, then I wouldn't put the end of your quotation mark after (Milne, p. 53), but rather before, like this:

"This is particularly appropriate for Christian women who profess godliness and want to cultivate the authentic and lasting beauty of the inner person (1 Pet. 3:3f.)." (Milne, p. 53)

Note I also moved your period to within the quotation mark at the end of Milne's quote. And a space before the opening parenthesis around the Milne citation.

Thanks. This helps.

Randy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1213821#Comment_1213821

For what style? There are several

I said, "(e.g. MLA or APA)?"

Sorry, I read too quickly.

I can find no special instructions for unrelated, adjacent parens.

Thanks for checking.

Rosie Perera

Two other helpful links on avoiding adjacent pairs of parentheses:

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/284650/use-of-two-sets-of-parentheses-side-by-side

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19429/should-i-use-adjacent-parentheses-or-a-semicolon-or-something-else

The punctuation coming between them in the solution I offered above suffices to avoid the juxtaposition.

Randy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1213841#Comment_1213841

Two other helpful links on avoiding adjacent pairs of parentheses:

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/284650/use-of-two-sets-of-parentheses-side-by-side

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19429/should-i-use-adjacent-parentheses-or-a-semicolon-or-something-else

The punctuation coming between them in the solution I offered above suffices to avoid the juxtaposition.

Thank you.