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Any insertions or alterations you make within quoted material should be enclosed in brackets [like so], not parentheses, to distinguish them from parenthetical phrases in the original material.

 

When italicizing words in quotations for emphasis, notify the reader with the ascription "italics mine" or "emphasis added."

 

 

 

 

 

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