I agree there can be an overuse of the brackets. HOWEVER: Writer should find balance on why brackets within quotes is used in the first place. Many times, th

I agree there can be an overuse of the brackets. HOWEVER: Writer should find balance on why brackets within quotes is used in the first place. Many times, the quote itself may lose context. So in addition to a the source of the quotes, you may substitute words within the bracket. Examples also include replacing a block of words with [...] to skip long passages for example, substitute other words to fill context for the reader. This is an MLA notation: https://getlibraryhelp.highlands.edu/c.php?g=635153&p=4513192 https://getlibraryhelp.highlands.edu/c.php?g=635153&p=451319...