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What do brackets in a quote mean? [duplicate]
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What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?
What do brackets around a word or words in a quote mean? This may seem silly, but I've never figured this out.
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Bracketed Capital Letter [duplicate]
What does the bracketed capital letter indicate in the revised version below? Is it essential, per the rules of proper punctuation, to do so? Are the ellipsis points (i.e., the spacing of the dots) ...
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Symbol, punctuation, or abbreviation that indicates a “paraphrase”? [duplicate]
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This question is born of practical necessity - one that I encountered while quoting a reference in "another" Stack ...
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Lowercase Letter in Brackets [duplicate]
Please look at the following sentence with the bracketed lowercase letter.
“Doctor Rogers' thesis states that ‘[p]atients often display psychosomatic symptoms.’ ”
Is the author decapitalizing the ...
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What does words in [ ] says? [duplicate]
for example "Everybody [is] joking about him" what does [is] stands for ?
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Usage of brackets for missing or unclear transcription [duplicate]
I have for many year wondered what is missing when I read sentences like
David Canton, the Education Department spokesman, stated:
“(It) shouldn’t have happened. (C)ommon sense should prevail.”
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What punctuation mark should I use? [duplicate]
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What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?
What do brackets in a quote mean?
When I add information beside a word in a Bible verse, what bracket should I use? ...
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Why does it make sense to surround [words] in square brackets in this case? [duplicate]
I know that putting words in square brackets when quoting is used to clarify or emphasize something, but I've seen some cases where it really doesn't make sense to me.
For example this sentence:
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proper way of attributing a writer's note within a quote [duplicate]
In journalistic writing, if I need to attach some necessary background information within a quote, what's the proper way to do it? I want to indicate that the information is something that I've ...
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How are bracket ellipsis […] used in quotations?
I see this type of syntax often, but I do not know how, when or where they should be used.
"It is the case that [...] the inconvenience is altogether imaginary."
Is it okay to use if I need to ...
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How to add contextualizing text to a quotation?
How do you add text which provides context to a quote?
For example, consider if I were to quote someone as having said:
This is unacceptable!
Were that the whole quote, can I add any text to the ...
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How do I properly use [sic] for a phrase? Or do I use it at all?
The actual sentence I am quoting is:
Company A will provide regular communications to Company B on the status of level of effort in comparison the projected monthly amounts contained in our ...
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Usage of [sic] in quote
If a quote contains a capitalization error, should [sic] be used?
For example, in the following: “But, alas! this kind heart had but a short time to remain such", the t in this would normally be ...
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Is there an opposite term for [sic]?
In academics, the note [sic] is used to make it clear that material lifted from a secondary source was incorrect as the author found it, as opposed to a mistake in the text.
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How to use [sic] at the end of a quote?
The OpenStreetMap Sign Up page advises new users on its password policy:
With OpenID a password is not required, but some extra tools or server [sic] may still need one.
I've added [sic] ...
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Square Brackets and ellipses
I'm writing an essay and I'm having an issue with brackets and ellipses. If I want to quote a text and I use the square brackets to clarify the context, do I also include the ellipses when I'm missing ...
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First, Second, and Fourth Bracketed Letter of a Word [closed]
What do the first, second, and fourth bracketed letters in "retreating," "the," and "to" indicate below? I've frequently encountered similar examples like these in others' writing. What exactly is ...
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Inserting Commas Into Quotations [closed]
I am currently writing my English coursework to hand in tomorrow and would very much appreciate some quick help. I would like to know whether I should insert commas into a quotation to make it read ...
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Are brackets greedy?
I have the sentence fragment:
each in itself for achieving this pure abstraction of being-for-itself
and I'd like to incorporate it into my paper so that the quotation reads as follows:
They ...
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Using brackets in quotes: You['re] vs [You're]
Quick question, if the original quote is "You are..." but I'm attempting to combine the two words, would the correct way to use brackets be:
a. [You're] (entire word in bracket)
b. You['re] (...
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Can an em dash be inserted in the middle of a quotation for interjection?
I've found questions asking about an em dash in quoted speech, and punctuation rules for em dashes in quotes, but this question is quite different.
The example I saw comes from a tweet, reproduced ...
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Can you use square brackets to correct punctuation in quotes?
I know why we use square brackets in quotations. But can we also use it for changing punctuation, in order to make it fit better with the sentence?
For instance:
Original Quote: "We went to the ...