Template:R:Brians Common Errors
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Paul Brians (2009) “R:Brians Common Errors”, in Common Errors in English Usage, 2nd edition, Wilsonville, Or.: William, James & Company, →ISBN.
- The following documentation is located at Template:R:Brians Common Errors/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite Paul Brians' Common Errors in English Usage (2nd edition, 2009). It also creates a link to the website on which the book is based.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following positional or named parameters:
|1=
or|entry=
– the title of the webpage to be cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=
or|url=
– the template automatically attempts to create a link based on the title of the webpage specified using|1=
,|entry=
or the Wiktionary entry, but if this link is incorrect use|2=
or|url=
to specify the URL of the webpage to be cited.|3=
,|page=
or|pages=
– the page number(s) of the work cited. Use|pages=
to specify a range of pages, separating the first and last page numbers of the range with an en dash like this:|pages=110–111
.|4=
,|text=
, or|passage=
– a passage quoted from the webpage.|nodot=
– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1
or|nodot=yes
.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{R:Brians Common Errors|url=https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/16/a-d/}}
(assuming the template is used at A.D.); or{{R:Brians Common Errors|A.D.|https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/16/a-d/}}
; or{{R:Brians Common Errors|entry=A.D.|url=https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/16/a-d/}}
- Result: Paul Brians (2009) “A.D.”, in Common Errors in English Usage, 2nd edition, Wilsonville, Or.: William, James & Company, →ISBN.