{"id":125,"date":"2017-07-20T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/brackets\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:29:42","slug":"brackets","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/brackets\/","title":{"raw":"Brackets","rendered":"Brackets"},"content":{"raw":"\"anBrackets are a fairly uncommon punctuation mark. Their main use is in quotations: they can be used to clarify quotes. For example, say you want to quote the following passage:\n

\"I finally got to meet Trent today. I had a really great time with him. He was a lot taller than expected, though.\"<\/p>\nHowever, you only want to relay\u00a0the fact that Trent was taller than the speaker expected him to be. In order to do this, you would write the following:\u00a0\"[Trent] was a lot taller than expected.\"\n\nThe brackets let the reader know that while the word Trent<\/em>\u00a0wasn't in the original quote,\u00a0his name was implied there.\u00a0When using brackets, you need to be careful not to change the original meaning of the quote.\n\nAnother use of brackets is when there is a spelling or informational error in the original quote. For example,\u00a0\"Gabriel sat down on the river bank to fed [sic<\/em>]\u00a0the ducks.\" \u00a0(The term sic<\/em>\u00a0means that the typo was in the original source of this quote.)\n

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Practice<\/h3>\nRead the following passages.\u00a0Imagine you want to quote the numbered sentences. Each sentence would appear separately.\u00a0Use brackets to indicate the best way to do so.\n

(1) Mont Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 5.6 mi east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. (2)\u00a0It\u00a0consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.<\/p>\n

(3) Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in CE\u00a079 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and several other settlements.<\/p>\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\n[reveal-answer q=\"510117\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"510117\"]\n

  1. Mont Vesuvius [sic<\/em>] is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 5.6 mi east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.<\/li>\n \t
  2. [Mount Vesuvius] consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.<\/li>\n \t
  3. This quote would not need any brackets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>","rendered":"

    \"anBrackets are a fairly uncommon punctuation mark. Their main use is in quotations: they can be used to clarify quotes. For example, say you want to quote the following passage:<\/p>\n

    “I finally got to meet Trent today. I had a really great time with him. He was a lot taller than expected, though.”<\/p>\n

    However, you only want to relay\u00a0the fact that Trent was taller than the speaker expected him to be. In order to do this, you would write the following:\u00a0“[Trent] was a lot taller than expected.”<\/p>\n

    The brackets let the reader know that while the word Trent<\/em>\u00a0wasn’t in the original quote,\u00a0his name was implied there.\u00a0When using brackets, you need to be careful not to change the original meaning of the quote.<\/p>\n

    Another use of brackets is when there is a spelling or informational error in the original quote. For example,\u00a0“Gabriel sat down on the river bank to fed [sic<\/em>]\u00a0the ducks.” \u00a0(The term sic<\/em>\u00a0means that the typo was in the original source of this quote.)<\/p>\n

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    Practice<\/h3>\n

    Read the following passages.\u00a0Imagine you want to quote the numbered sentences. Each sentence would appear separately.\u00a0Use brackets to indicate the best way to do so.<\/p>\n

    (1) Mont Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 5.6 mi east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. (2)\u00a0It\u00a0consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.<\/p>\n

    (3) Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in CE\u00a079 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and several other settlements.<\/p>\n