Prose With Margin Notes
An annotated essay where each paragraph carries a superscript marker paired with a numbered caveat in a narrow margin column beside it.
An annotated essay where each paragraph carries a superscript marker paired with a numbered caveat in a narrow margin column beside it.
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Prose With Margin Notes is an annotated essay. Each body paragraph carries a superscript marker that pairs with a numbered note in a narrow side column, so a methodology aside or an honest caveat sits beside the sentence it qualifies without breaking the reading line. A heading and lede open the section above the annotated rows.
Each row is an object with a lead clause, the rest of the paragraph, and its margin note, and the superscript number is derived from the array index so the two stay in sync. Three rows is the natural length. Write the notes as the caveat a careful reader would otherwise email you about, the sample size that was smaller, the cohort that predates the data, not a second helping of the claim.
Reach for this block when the argument is strong and the caveats are real, a research writeup, a data story, a methodology note where the footnotes are the credibility. The margin keeps the qualifiers visible without derailing the main line, which reads as confidence rather than hedging. Use prose-two-column when the essay flows without asides, this block when the asides matter.
A natural flow around it on a Marketing Pro page:
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One strong use is the honest version of a research finding. Other essays:
Tip: write the note before the claim, if the caveat is not worth a margin the sentence probably does not need annotating.