If I take a quote that, for example, says, he felt betrayed. And I wanted to change it into Tom feels betrayed, for an essay, which arrangement would be correct:[Tom] [feels] betrayed or [Tom feels] betrayed ????I'm guessing the former, but am unsure. Can someone assist me?
If you have to change 2 out of 3 words in a quotation, it's better to re-think your sentence. You could (a) use a longer quotation that would make it clear what character it's about, (b) just quote the word betrayed and use your own words for the rest, or (c) write he [Tom] felt betrayed. When you're writing about a work of fiction, it's most common to write in the past tense anyway. Heather, Librarian Librarians: we eat questions for breakfast! Visit your local library for loads more answers.
what's the difference? “Tom feels betrayed” “[Tom] [feels] betrayed *I feel betrayed all the time so
Because the two words are right next to each other, you need just one set of brackets. Example: The soldier told the news media that Lt Apone told us to open fire on the [space bugs.] This means that the words used by the soldier were not space bugs, but the writer or editor had to use that expression so that the whole thing would make sense. Probably the soldier said open fire on them, but the journalist thought that the word them was not informative enough.
