Inserting words in quotes (1 Viewer)

[mrpotatoed]

If we want to insert a word of our own into a quote, can we just put it in brackets? what if we want to change the tense of a word, can we also do that? eg: "they select(ed) them"

 

[Silly Sausage]

Yes,

http://writingcommons.org/open-text...rting-or-altering-words-in-a-direct-quotation

 

[InteGrand]

If we want to insert a word of our own into a quote, can we just put it in brackets? what if we want to change the tense of a word, can we also do that? eg: "they select(ed) them"

Square brackets should be used.