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If you want to insert your own words, or different words, into a quotation, put them in square brackets ( [ ] ).

Use brackets to show any changes made to quotations in order to retain grammatical correctness. Use brackets in quotes to add a word, prefix, or suffix in order to fit the quote into your sentence. Use brackets to change the tense of a verb in a quote so that it will fit into your sentence.

Words can be added or changed to a quote by using brackets. Changes can be used to correct tense or to add necessary information. Brackets can also be used to make the pronouns in a quote consistent. However, brackets should not be used to change the meaning of the quote.

Quotes must not be taken out of context. We do not alter quotations, even to correct grammatical errors or word usage. If a quotation is flawed because of grammar or lack of clarity, it may be paraphrased in a way that is completely true to the original quote.

When writers insert or alter words in a direct quotation, square brackets?[ ]?are placed around the change. The brackets, always used in pairs, enclose words intended to clarify meaning, provide a brief explanation, or to help integrate the quote into the writer's sentence.

Quotes match the original source word for word. A paraphrase is a detailed restatement in your own words of a written or sometimes spoken source material. Apart from the changes in organization, wording, and sentence structure, the paraphrase should be nearly identical in meaning to the original passage.

Do you have a quotation that is too long and mostly meaningless? You can use an ellipsis?three consecutive periods, with one space around each ( . . . )?to leave out extra or unnecessary words. The ellipsis represents information that you are omitting from a quotation.

Use brackets to show any changes made to quotations in order to retain grammatical correctness. Use brackets in quotes to add a word, prefix, or suffix in order to fit the quote into your sentence. Use brackets to change the tense of a verb in a quote so that it will fit into your sentence.

Start your first sentence at a different point from that of the original source. Use synonyms (words that mean the same thing) Change the sentence structure (e.g. from active to passive voice) Break the information into separate sentences.

If incorrect spelling, grammar, or punctuation in the source might confuse readers, insert the word 'sic', italicized and bracketed, immediately after the error in the quotation (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 274). For example, they made they're sic lunches.