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Citation rules/Quotations/5.2 Alterations and Quotations Within Quotations

Use “[sic]”

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A mistake left standing in quoted language is marked “[sic]”; the brackets are what show the notation is the writer’s and not the source’s own text.1

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  1. 1R. 5.2(c) Mistakes in original. Tables: R. 5.2(a) Substitution of letters or words.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in Quotations

  1. Add an attribution parenthetical
  2. Add the first-line indent
  3. Indent the block quotation on both sides
  4. Move the attribution parenthetical last
  5. Remove italics from the nested case name
  6. Remove the emphasis parenthetical
  7. Remove the inner quotation marks
  8. Use “[sic]”
  9. Use parentheses for the notation

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More in Quotations

  1. Add an attribution parenthetical
  2. Add the first-line indent
  3. Indent the block quotation on both sides
  4. Move the attribution parenthetical last
  5. Remove italics from the nested case name
  6. Remove the emphasis parenthetical
  7. Remove the inner quotation marks
  8. Use “[sic]”
  9. Use parentheses for the notation

Back to Quotations

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