I wish to quote from a source, however, the original quote contains an extra the that does not flow with my sentence.
Which is better, describing what the article refers to, or removing it with an ellipsis?
It is a device, which "assists with opening the patient’s hand […]
and compensates for the [patient’s] flexor hypertonia."
or
It is a device, which "assists with opening the patient’s hand […]
and compensates for … flexor hypertonia."
Best Answer
It is usual to indicate a word [thus] when it was absent in the original, but could be inferred from the context. The word is added to the quote, or replaces one, to give it sense. For example:
The second sentence could be quoted out of its context like this:
But, if you want to omit a word or phrase from a sentence, you can use the elipisis, usually without any square brackets. So the sentence becomes
because you have only removed words, with none added.