Now, may I add to the confusion? A footer, to a building constructor is laid for the foundation of a bulding. To some extent, I understand them somewhat but i don’t pay attention to them at all and let them go until today, i accidentally come to your page ? it’s really awesome because i’ve just enriched my vocab by this way. I’ve seen these words so many times when i use office software. I was taught in school that it is “if it were”, using the subjunctive.īefore I came here, I didn’t even know what a footnote is. I’m wondering why “if it was” appears on an English grammar site. “I’m not sure whether the word “footer” was coined by Microsoft or not, but if it was” The metaphor to word processing seems rather apt. Headers are often large steel or wooden beams. Footers are usually poured concrete into a pattern of rebars. The English club is very important website to every homeĪs Karyl correctly explains, Microsoft did not invent the words “header” and “footer.” They are construction terms to describe members that secure the bottom or top of a wall, doorway or any other structure needing to be anchored. Please check my understanding about these words and correct my mistake.The word footer means the bottom of the page.The word footnote means the text on the bottom of the page. The word “footnote’ is more appropriate in the paper publications, but ‘footer’ is used more in web design, I absolutely agree with you Josef founded EnglishClub for learners and teachers of English in 1997.