In a manual, can you use the word "Miscellaneous" as a heading for a passage that deals with bits and pieces of information that don't fit anywhere else in the document? If not, what would be a better word/phrase to use?
Thank you!
Edit: The passage I need a heading for is very much part of the body of the text (it is the final section of the introductory chapter) so "appendix" or the like doesn't work. But I'm thinking either "Additional information" or "Other information" – would one of these work? I was thinking about "Further information" as well, but that makes it sound as though the passage goes into more detail about things that have already been discussed in more general terms, which it doesn't.
Best Answer
"Miscellaneous" is an adjective and it would be odd to use it in isolation. You can add something to it for a better heading:
"Miscellaneous errors/uses/functions"
Perhaps a better word would be "additional" or something similar. A common section for highly detailed or laborious content is "Appendix" but these usually contain work that would break the flow of the text (like tables and graphs) or interest only a small number of people (full derivation of some equation).