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The Chicago Manual of Style is fine with that. "Insertions may be made in quoted material to clarify an ambiguity, to provide a missing word or letters, or to g
by kens 6y ago
The Chicago Manual of Style is fine with that. "Insertions may be made in quoted material to clarify an ambiguity, to provide a missing word or letters, or to give the original foreign word or phrase where an English translation does not convey the exact sense." This is indicated with brackets.
- ddingus 6y agoThat is exactly how I use them. When quoting critically, doing that makes a lot of sense. It can get confusing and be quite verbose without that particular device.