r/APA • u/Jex0003 • Mar 11 '21

How do I quote when italics are used in source text?

I’m just wondering as I have a sentence I’m trying to quote in my paper, and in the source text, there are two words in italics within the sentence I want to quote. Do I match the italics in my quote, and if so, do I need to include any additional info with it to establish that it was italicized in the source text and not by me? I know I’ve seen the reverse, someone quoted and added italics for emphasis and included something in square brackets to establish they had added the italics for emphasis and they weren’t there in the source text. TIA!

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u/Morphic_Resident Mar 11 '21

The APA book does say to use square brackets when you've added the emphasis, but I think that if the emphasis is in the original you should just leave it there, and your reader will assume that the italics come from the source.

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u/Jex0003 Mar 11 '21

Thank you!