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### Example: Citation in parenthesis with interfering syntax

__Original__

> Others have granted him as much (see, e.g., Jones (2017); I speak simply in terms of states of affairs, as for present purposes nothing hinges on this).
If we typeset it as usual, with square brackets, it will look like this:

```markdown
Others have granted him as much [see, e.g., @jones_j:2017; I speak simply in terms of states of affairs, as for present purposes nothing hinges on this].
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> Others have granted him as much [see, e.g., @jones_j:2017; I speak simply in terms of states of affairs, as for present purposes nothing hinges on this].
__Proposed__

The semi-colon (`;`) separates *different references*. Since there isn't a second reference, the whole reference isn't recognised as a reference in parenthesis. To avoid this, we can replace the semi-colon for an em-dash, if the context allows for that. Otherwise, we need to reformulate the text.


> Others have granted him as much [see, e.g., @jones_j:2017---I speak simply in terms of states of affairs, as for present purposes nothing hinges on this].

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