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Old Thu Jun 18, 2009, 02:13pm
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Had I added it without calling attention to the fact that is was added editorially (with the brackets) for clarification to the point you were trying to make, I'd agree with you. It's common practice when quoting someone to add or modify words when necessary to give context to a quote without the surrounding context of the original quote or to help the flow of the sentence. Don't like it? Too bad.
Bullsh!t. Words are added to quotes to indicate what was being referenced when the speak omits it, such as:

According to the witness: "When I came out side (the burglar) was running down the street."

OR

"It's obvioius (Brett) doesn't know squat about writing style."
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Old Thu Jun 18, 2009, 06:01pm
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Bullsh!t. Words are added to quotes to indicate what was being referenced when the speak omits it, such as:

According to the witness: "When I came out side (the burglar) was running down the street."

OR

"It's obvioius (Brett) doesn't know squat about writing style."
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"[MrUmpire] should have used square brackets for editorial interpolations."
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Old Thu Jun 18, 2009, 06:17pm
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"[MrUmpire] should have used square brackets for editorial interpolations."
That would depend on which style one uses. The NYT style guide for journalistic puposes does not use square brackets in the body of news stories.
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Old Thu Jun 18, 2009, 06:53pm
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That would depend on which style one uses. The NYT style guide for journalistic puposes does not use square brackets in the body of news stories.
This forum is not the NY Times. I'll let each reader decide if this is a good thing or not.

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