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Pretty ironic to ascribe purely speculative emotions ("afraid") in the same breath as lambasting others for imprecision in ascribing words. Brackets are necess
by torstenvl 6y ago
Pretty ironic to ascribe purely speculative emotions ("afraid") in the same breath as lambasting others for imprecision in ascribing words.
Brackets are necessary to clarify context in a concise way. I doubt I'd use them in the contexts the OP means, but they are invaluable in legal writing.
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"[Brackets for editorial insertions] are invaluable in legal writing." -torstenvl
- hnarn 6y agoYour example is not what the article is talking about, because it doesn’t change words in the middle of the quote. An example would be: > “[It’s] invaluable in [legalese]” —torstenvl The first part is a shortening/paraphrasing and clearly marked as such. But you didn’t use the word legalese, but I put it in there because I like it better. And that’s wrong. Although personally I would write something outside of the quotes to ease the reader into your direct quote, possibly using brackets or parentheses to signify cuts.