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Use brackets to adjust grammar, clarify a pronoun, or to indicate an error in the source.
- The sentence must still be grammatically complete with the brackets.
- Brackets should not be used to change the meaning of a direct quotation. That would be unethical.
To Adjust Grammar: Original Text from Source:
Mrs. B is an African-American woman with a short, sassy haircut and a feisty disposition to match. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where she and her husband are now raising their seven children.
Atuahene’s description of “Mrs. B [as] an African-American woman with a short, sassy haircut and a feisty disposition to match” is an odd way to start a scholarly article (1502). Works Cited Entry:
Atuahene, Bernadette. “‘Our Taxes Are Too Damn High’: Institutional Racism, Property Tax Assessments, and the Fair Housing Act.”N a
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Lw Rveeiw, vol. 112, no. 6, May 2018, pp. 1501- 1564. ESCOot,hs
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login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=130 068115&site=ehost-live. Accessed 15 August 2018
Original Text from Source: Ms. Abo Rebieh, a member of
the educated middle class, found herself imprisoned with women who were barely literate, and mostly arrested at random. She became a kind of spokeswoman and sounding board, conveying their needs and requests to guards and helping them talk through experiences.
Her art then became a mirror for
fellow prisoners who had none: She drew them so they could see themselves. She drew them all in shaded black and white, their grimacing faces and thin limbs influenced by one of her favorite artists, Goya.
Original Text from Source:
Despite the constant negative press covfefe.
*: [sic] is the Latin word for thus or such.
To Clarify a Pronoun:
Sinjab and Barnard describe how “[Azza Abo Rebieh’s] art then became a mirror for fellow prisoners who had none: She drew them so they could see themselves.” Works Cited Entry:
Sinjab, Lina, and Anne Barnard. “Syria’s Women Prisoners, Drawn by an Artist Who Was One” T Tms. 7 August 2018.
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www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/arts/design/syria- prison-
artist.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&cli ckSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot- region&region=top-news&
WT.nav=top-news. Accessed 15 October 2018.
To Indicate an Error in the Source:
The 45th president of the U.S. tweeted: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe [sic]”(@realDonaldTrump).
@realDonaldTrump. “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”Tw
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