When Writing Quotations ?! ?

Question

when you write a quotation , what do you do to a word you have to add in yourself to make it make sense. Do you have to put it in brackets ?

Answer 1

Yes, that's what I do, or if it doesn't make sense you can write 'sic' at the end of the quotation, which means ' as written '

Answer 2

Essentially yes, but the additional word / words should be contained within square brackets.  These appear by the letter 'P' on your keyboard.

Answer 3

Yes, but you must put it in SQUARE BRACKETS. Like this:

"When you write a quotation, what do you do to a word you have to add in yourself to make it make sense. Do you have to put it in [square] brackets?"

'(sic)' should only be used if you are acknowledging a grammatical or spelling mistake of the author's, not if the quote doesn't fit your sentence.

Answer 4

Yep, pretty much. Your talking about integrated quotations? E.g. "Kent is trying to express his 'undying love (for) thy king' in a passionate way because he trusts the Fool with his secret" (I made all that up) your also allowed to remove a word if it doesn't work correctly for your sentence, but if you put in a word you need to place it in brackets. Hope I helped dude.  

Answer 5

Yes, you just enclose the additional words in brackets.