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Brackets 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>\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.)<\/p>\nContribute!<\/h2>\nDid you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\nImprove this page<\/a>Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
Brackets 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 Improve this page<\/a>Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t Contribute!<\/h2>\n
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