Replace the section symbol with the word
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A sentence opens with a word rather than a symbol, so a reference that begins one reads “Section 1983 provides a remedy”; within the sentence the symbol is used.1
- 1R. 6.2(c) Section (§) and paragraph (¶) symbols.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.