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Use brackets to enclose inserted words intended to provide a brief explanation within a quotation. Use parentheses to enclose a change in letter case or verb tense when integrating a quote into your paper. Use brackets to enclose a change in letter case or verb tense when integrating a quote into your paper.

4 Answers. When quoting, the convention is to quote the text exactly as it appears in the source. It is common to mark a misspelling (or other problematical word) that might be otherwise thought to be an error by you (the quoter) by following it with "sic".

Some punctuation marks at the end of a quotation may be changed to fit the syntax of the sentence in which the quotation appears, as long as meaning is not changed (e.g., it might alter meaning to change a period to a question mark, depending on how the sentence is written).

No. Sentences in a block quotation cannot be reversed because, as the MLA Handbook notes, a quotation should never be presented in a way that could cause a reader to misunderstand the sentence structure of the original source (8081).

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.

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.

Within quotations, use square brackets (not parentheses) to add your own clarification, comment, or correction. Use sic (meaning so or thus) to indicate that a mistake is in the source you're quoting and is not your own.