When a newspaper quote's someone occasionally you see that a portion of the quote is put into brackets or parentheses. I thought that maybe this was to add something implied but if that was the case it often seems that the quotaiton wouldn't make sense at all without the bracketed portion. Can someone explain the rules of usage of these brackets?
2006-12-15 01:21:07 · 4 answers · asked by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
it is a replacement for the word or name the person used to change the point of view of sentence, style of writing, etc. the person did use another word similar to what is in the parentheses, but the reporter replaced it with another word to make the sentence flow better
2006-12-15 01:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by jenivive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bracket is use to help reader understand what the sources are trying to say. Sumtimes people we interviewed did not say about sumthing in full sentences or didnt repeat the referred thing tht they said before. To avoid confusion, the bracket is use to explain the exact thing that the sources is refering. Usually, the bracket is used for formal sources (ie. Prime Minister or some important people) so that the message would not be misintrepreted by the readers.
2006-12-15 03:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by mia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly right! The brackets are used to add something that clarifies the quote, but wasn't in the original.
If the actual quote was" I don't want it to happen," "it" could potentially be confusing in some situations. Instead, a writer will put "I don't want [the tearing down of the house] to happen." Now you know what "it" was intended to mean.
2006-12-15 01:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To add to the previous answers..
It is part of the process of taking the language of a spoken interview, which is usually colloquial, and turning into something that someone who wasn't present would understand.
2006-12-15 01:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by JackieCakes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋