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Q&A Typo correction when citing an external source

What Mark Baker said in his answer is correct, but there is another option. If you want to correct the typos for clarification or add information for clarification, you can add text in square brack...

posted 7y ago by A Child of God‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:45:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/27615
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar A Child of God‭ · 2019-12-08T05:45:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
What **Mark Baker** said in his answer is correct, but there is another option. If you want to correct the typos for clarification or add information for clarification, you can add text in square brackets `[]`. In your case, here is an example:

> [C]hristians

According to the [English Oxford Living Dictionaries](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/punctuation/parentheses-and-brackets),

> Square brackets (also called brackets, especially in American English) are mainly used to enclose words added by someone other than the original writer or speaker, typically in order to clarify the situation:
> 
> > _He [the police officer] can’t prove they did it._

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-19T20:26:56Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 1