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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.4 Edition, Publisher, and Date

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Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

In a citation, second and third are written “2d” and “3d” rather than “2nd” and “3rd”, and an edition designation inside the publication parenthetical follows that form.1

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  1. 1R. 15.4(a)(ii) Multiple editions by the same publisher; R. 6.2(b)(ii) Ordinals; R. 15.4 Edition, Publisher, and Date.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousReplace one of the two datesNextUse the table's form for the publisher

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  1. Abbreviate the publishing term
  2. Add the place and the publisher
  3. Add the publication parenthetical
  4. Add the supplement's year
  5. Add the year of publication
  6. Move the publisher before the date
  7. Replace one of the two dates
  8. Use the citation number form
  9. Use the table's form for the publisher

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More in 15.4 Edition, Publisher, and Date

  1. Abbreviate the publishing term
  2. Add the place and the publisher
  3. Add the publication parenthetical
  4. Add the supplement's year
  5. Add the year of publication
  6. Move the publisher before the date
  7. Replace one of the two dates
  8. Use the citation number form
  9. Use the table's form for the publisher

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