2006-06-25 21:08:58 · 8 answers · asked by Picard Facepalm 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
God I feel dumb....ahaha
2006-06-25 21:29:17 · update #1
It means the person talking didn't say those exact words. The interviewer or editor added them so that the statement makes more sense.
2006-06-25 21:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by Maggie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It usually means that someone is adding something to help with context, as quotes can be mistaken when not included with the contextual wording.
Like when you see:
"[George] went to the store to pick up the milk" it means that the person probably said "He" but you wouldn't have known who they were talking about without the rest of the conversation or knowing who they were pointing at.
2006-06-26 04:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by Rockstar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's an example:
Everyone knows the speed of light is a constant at approx 186,000 miles per second.
Here is the more scientifically accurate version of that statement:
Everyone knows the speed of light [in a vacuum] is a constant at approx 186,000 miles per second.
In can state something to provide more clarity or better contextual reference. After all, lab experiments have in fact slowed photons of light to approx 25 miles per hour in certain gas filled chambers.
2006-06-26 04:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often it contains the phrase that is not in the original text but is added by the translator or somebody else. It may be an explanation or addition. I may be wrong...
Rarely somebody may put these just instead of usual brackets like these ().
2006-06-26 04:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by oleksander_havryliuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brackets allow a writer to insert their own words into word-for-word quoted material. Words can also be inserted in brackets to explain a confusing reference or to keep a sentence grammatical in the writer's context.
2006-06-26 04:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by southernserendipiti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it is not the actual text, just the writer's own paraphrasing to make a quote make sense in the paragraph.
2006-06-26 04:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ben C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quick summarization of it, like "In Gist."
Main Entry: 1ex·cerpt
Pronunciation: ek-'s&rpt, eg-'z&rpt, 'ek-", 'eg-"
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere, from ex- + carpere to gather, pluck -- more at HARVEST
1 : to select (a passage) for quoting : EXTRACT
2 : to take or publish extracts from (as a book)
- ex·cerp·tor or ex·cerpt·er noun
- ex·cerp·tion /ek-'s&rp-sh&n, eg-'z&rp-/ noun
2006-06-26 04:11:30 · answer #7 · answered by careercollegestudent69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word or phrase has been substituted.
2006-06-26 04:10:51 · answer #8 · answered by phoebster818 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋