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by Athrael on May 28th, 2009
Some books have lower case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, vii, vii, ix, x....c...m.. to denote say 'authors notes' or other informational like the glossary.
They also may be foot notes where letters instead of numbers are used, see the bottom of this post(b).
In works such as the bible they can denote indexes for reference to other books in the bible (or the same book)
It all depends on what the letters are, what proceeds and follows them and in what book you find them.
(b) Example of a foot note
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You're reading In a few books I have read - all ones that were printed in hardcover, and at least 30 years ago, if this is relevant - there are letters printed at the bottom of some pages. Like a lowercase letter, on its own, sitting underneath the block of text. Why?
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Cheers. In these books they're not footnotes - they seem to be some kind of printing thing (a bit like those colour squares on cereal packets I guess). They go a b c d e f etc and don't denote anything.
by Blar on June 13th, 2009