Upgrade StorageThe word "and" before final delimiter in series of citations in footnote; Chicago Note style
Hi all,
This seems very basic but I can't figure out how to do it or find any reference to it. When dropping a set of citations from Zotero into my document with any of the Chicago note styles (e.g., chicago-note-bibliography.csl), the delimiter between citations is a semicolon, which is right. However, the delimiter before the final citation should be a semicolon and the word "and." This is clear in CMOS 16 14.52 (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch14/ch14_sec052.html).
Maybe this is done correctly when using various citation processors, but when copying and pasting directly from zotero (cmd-shift-a), it gives just a semicolon. And, for the life of me, I can't figure out if there is a way to edit the CSL to do this. There doesn't seem to be an option for final or last delimiter for the citation layout element (http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#id10 and http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#delimiter), as there is for the name element (http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#name), nor does this seem to be possible using a condition choose element.
Am I missing something obvious? Or is this just not possible?
Thanks!
This seems very basic but I can't figure out how to do it or find any reference to it. When dropping a set of citations from Zotero into my document with any of the Chicago note styles (e.g., chicago-note-bibliography.csl), the delimiter between citations is a semicolon, which is right. However, the delimiter before the final citation should be a semicolon and the word "and." This is clear in CMOS 16 14.52 (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch14/ch14_sec052.html).
Maybe this is done correctly when using various citation processors, but when copying and pasting directly from zotero (cmd-shift-a), it gives just a semicolon. And, for the life of me, I can't figure out if there is a way to edit the CSL to do this. There doesn't seem to be an option for final or last delimiter for the citation layout element (http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#id10 and http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#delimiter), as there is for the name element (http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#name), nor does this seem to be possible using a condition choose element.
Am I missing something obvious? Or is this just not possible?
Thanks!
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If you want the "and," you can add it manually when using drag&drop or you can add it as a prefix when using the add citation dialog in Word.
I see now you are right that the in-text explanation does not mention the conjunction before the final citation. I must say, It seems very strange to me that they would have this one instance of using the word "and" as an example of flexibility or something (a conjunction is not exactly additional commentary)—especially as 14.52 is the entry they refer to in 14.23 "Multiple citations and multiple references" when explaining that "a single note can contain more than one citation or comment." But this is about them not implementation!
Thanks very much for the prompt response!