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Do I use "..." or brackets?
When omitting a portion of a quote, do I use "..." or brackets?
Links to relevant passages in on-line style guides would be most welcome. :)
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- LibraryGalLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
(Exact Quote)"Music has come a long way since […] But it will never supplant the sounds of traditional instruments" (Taylor 37).
via http://www.loyola.edu/library/REF/MLA.HTM
To quote 4 or less lines of prose, you can include the passage within quotation marks as part of your text, e.g. Dick Oliver concludes that "all communication industries [. . .] are moving rapidly toward exclusively digital technology" (24).
To omit part of a quoted passage, you need to indicate the omission by the use of 3 spaced dots enclosed in square brackets, e.g., "The local politicians believe welfare [. . .] should all be paid for through income taxes" (Stewart 1).
