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The phrase "a quick footnote" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to add a brief additional comment or clarification that is not part of the main text.
Example: "In the previous chapter, I discussed the implications of the findings; a quick footnote is necessary to clarify the methodology used."
Alternatives: "a brief note" or "a short annotation".
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(A quick footnote: Thanks to Roland Paris and Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa for sponsoring the lecture from which this Comment is adapted).
A quick footnote: the owners and trainers have earned full marks for sticking with rookie professional jockey Nico de Boinville when some higher profile names surely galloped across their radars.
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Or else it's speeded up into squeaky cartoon speak: "Quick footnote about my mom.
With almost 100 pages of maps, notes, timelines and footnotes, "The Opium War" moves along with a quick pace and simple language.
In asides and footnotes, unexpected names like those of Karl Rove and Antonin Scalia take a quick turn on the stage, smelling of sulfur.
To Whitewater they will point out the impenetrable complexities of real estate speculation, then drop a footnote describing the quest of some of the Founding Fathers for a quick profit in the Western lands.
A quick two-goal lead pushed that problem to the background, and the victory turned the Lindros situation into a footnote, at least for a night.
"Just a quick blip.
A quick rinse?
Just a quick note.
A quick experiment.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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