pp. S264–S266

English translation: pp. S264–S266

09:57 Dec 12, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: pp. S264–S266
In footnotes:

- see also XXX (1992), pp. S264–S266.
- the book is presented briefly in XXX (1992), pp. S263f

What does "S" mean?
Stéphanie Soudais
France
Local time: 02:52
Selected answer:pp. S264–S266
Explanation:
S is probably part of the page numbering. It is unusual but not unheard of. Sometimes the page numbers contain the chapter number (page 10-1 is the first page of chapter 10). Similarly, S can refer to an appendix - or to something else.
Of course, the safest would be to take a look at the pages in question.


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"f" is very likely to stand for "footnote" in the cross reference "S263f" - i.e., see the footnote on page S263.

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Sometimes journals contain several sections. Physical Review, for example, contains five sections, A, B, C, D, and E, for different fields of physics. New volumes are issued simultaneously, and this is reflected in the page numbering as well:
Y. Shapira and B. Lax, Phys. Rev. 138, A1191 (1965)
138 is the volume, and the label "A" which identifies the field appears just in front of the page number. ...138A, 1191 could be just as good - but PR uses it this way.

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Yes, you are right, f = following page is an option, too.
I have seen "f" used in the sense "footnote", so the locator 264f meant "footnote of p 264" in the index of a book I translated. The Chicago Manual of Style expressly disapproves using "ff" or "et seq" in an index, and encourages "34-36" instead.
In spite of the CMS's disapproval, ff is used in that sense often in an index - and it is widely used like that in other cross-references. If you are convinced of the meaning, go ahead - but if you are in doubt, check it, as "f" can really mean either footnote or following page.
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Attila Piróth
France
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Thanks Attila
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4pp. S264–S266
Attila Piróth
5 +1s264-s266 (as pages of a journal supplement)
MMUlr
3pp = pages s = section
Gary D
3 -1Supporting Information
Christine Matschke


  

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pp. s264–s266
Supporting Information


Explanation:
I often have papers with additional supporting informations available. All references to these are mentioned by this way: see also Figure S1-S4 or pp. S12-S14

Christine Matschke
Germany
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dr. Andrew Frankland: SI is almost never paginated, and even if it were there's unlikely to be 266 pages.
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pp. S264–S266


Explanation:
S is probably part of the page numbering. It is unusual but not unheard of. Sometimes the page numbers contain the chapter number (page 10-1 is the first page of chapter 10). Similarly, S can refer to an appendix - or to something else.
Of course, the safest would be to take a look at the pages in question.


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Note added at 10 mins (2008-12-12 10:08:17 GMT)
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"f" is very likely to stand for "footnote" in the cross reference "S263f" - i.e., see the footnote on page S263.

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Note added at 22 mins (2008-12-12 10:19:37 GMT)
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Sometimes journals contain several sections. Physical Review, for example, contains five sections, A, B, C, D, and E, for different fields of physics. New volumes are issued simultaneously, and this is reflected in the page numbering as well:
Y. Shapira and B. Lax, Phys. Rev. 138, A1191 (1965)
138 is the volume, and the label "A" which identifies the field appears just in front of the page number. ...138A, 1191 could be just as good - but PR uses it this way.

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Note added at 29 mins (2008-12-12 10:27:04 GMT)
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Yes, you are right, f = following page is an option, too.
I have seen "f" used in the sense "footnote", so the locator 264f meant "footnote of p 264" in the index of a book I translated. The Chicago Manual of Style expressly disapproves using "ff" or "et seq" in an index, and encourages "34-36" instead.
In spite of the CMS's disapproval, ff is used in that sense often in an index - and it is widely used like that in other cross-references. If you are convinced of the meaning, go ahead - but if you are in doubt, check it, as "f" can really mean either footnote or following page.


Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 02:52
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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Thanks Attila
Notes to answerer
Asker: No, I think f = and the following page (ff = and the following pages)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Andrew Frankland: It's simply the page numbering system used by the journal/book being cited. No need to go into it any deeper.
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agree  d_vachliot (X): with Andrew
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agree  Phong Le
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agree  Erik Matson: indeed!
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pp. s264–s266
s264-s266 (as pages of a journal supplement)


Explanation:
Numbering of pages of a supplement mostly occur as in this example, S before the number; also S behind is possible, e.g. in the Journal of Nutrition (browse through this table of contents and find -> 1986S):

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/vol138/issue10/

But, as Attila mentioned already, there are also other letters for certain other sections (A, B, F, I ... ) or these letters are used also for journal supplements: e.g. the "i"

--> Age and Ageing 2005 34(Supplement 1):i10-i16;

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@Stéphanie, thank you for the explanation - if xxx is the author's name (or the authors' ...), I am slightly confused. pp. plus S (as the German S. -> Seite, e.g.) doesn't make sense to me.

MMUlr
Germany
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Native speaker of: German
Notes to answerer
Asker: XXX is not a journal name, but names of authors


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: S for Supplement is very likely. See e.g Recycling Today - October 2008 - Paper Recycling Supplement (Page S1) recyclingtoday.texterity.com/recyclingtoday/200810/?pg=87
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  -> Thank you, Nesrin.
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pp. s264–s266
pp = pages s = section


Explanation:
http://www.answers.com/topic/abbreviation
Plurals are often formed by doubling the last letter of the abbreviation. Most of these deal with writing and publishing: MS=manuscript, MSS=manuscripts; l=line, ll=lines; p=page, pp=pages; s=section, ss=sections;

Gary D
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