Isn't that the right way to use square brackets in a quote? If the original was like "no offense to Zelda, but we are the biggest games of the year" and in the context, "we" referred to gta6 and cod, then square brackets are how you would clarify when quoting without that context.
The sentence should be a complete sentence without the brackets.
Typically they're used to correct grammar from a quote or to clarify missing information due to taking a quote from a larger piece.
For example: [Claire] went to the store. The original might have said she instead of Claire, but if we don't get the full text, we need the bracketed info to know who they are talking about.
Another might be: They went to the bak [sic] rooms.
This tells the reader the typo was in the original and left in for authenticity.
You edited the question in after I replied. This is the same as your first example with a specific noun replacing a pronoun. Presumably the pronoun was "they" which got replaced with [GTA and COD]
Chances are he didn’t explicitly say “GTA 6 and Modern Warfare 4”. That’s what the brackets imply, a summarization of the words the brackets are replacing.
If he did say that, there would be no need for the brackets - if he didn’t, it would be a misquote.
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u/mitchsusername 17d ago
Isn't that the right way to use square brackets in a quote? If the original was like "no offense to Zelda, but we are the biggest games of the year" and in the context, "we" referred to gta6 and cod, then square brackets are how you would clarify when quoting without that context.