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Dissertation Reference Mistakes

Hi guys,

So I submitted my dissertation and am really happy with it, other than my stupid Harvard referencing.

I only noticed after submitting it that all my in-text citations are incorrect. Rather than doing (author, year, page number) I did (author, page number, year). Also, I referenced single pages as 'pp' which is used for a page range, rather than 'p'.

My actual bibliography is fine.

How many marks do you think I can lose? Or is it not that bad?

Thanks

Nozick
Reply 1
Not many, I shouldn't think. It's a relatively minor detail, especially if your ac5ual reference list is sound. I'd not worry!
Not that important. It's more a stylistic mistake than anything else. If it were me that was doing the marking, I'd not subtract any marks although I'd strongly rebuke you for it in person and/or in writing (it's pretty careless).

Nice username btw :smile:
Reply 3
Update for those interested.



It made no difference to my mark at all - got 75 overall, yay!

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