Question

What are the uses for the brackets? Select all that apply.

to show a pause in a sentence
to cite a quote
to change another person’s words to grammatically fit it into a sentence
to add to another person’s words in a quote

Answer 1

to change another person’s words to grammatically fit it into a sentence

Step-by-step explanation:

Sometimes when people are talking, they misspeak. While this is normal in day-to-day conversation (and is required to be recorded verbatim in a transcript!), this must be modified in an academic paper. Hence, brackets are used to insert or omit words, word parts, or letters in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct.