Suppose I am writing an essay and I wish to quote an author, say Mr. X, and that my quote will contain a nested quote, i.e. it will contain some material written by Mr. Y and quoted by Mr. X. Suppose further that Mr. X has omitted part of the sentence(s) written by Mr. Y, replacing the omitted material with an ellipsis. The essay I write will then look something like this:
In his book on some topic, Mr. X says "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe; in his book on naturalism, Mr. Y said 'not all mice . . . like green eggs and ham,' proving my point about biscuits."
Should I make any special mark to indicate that the ellipsis in my quotation does not signify my own omission but rather an omission made by Mr. X?
Thanks.
Top answer
Interesting question. You could try [sic] immediately after the ellipsis.
— BarbaraPA
Interesting question.
You could try [sic] immediately after the ellipsis.
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