I have a sentence:
Before the Greeks, the ancient Egyptians used it (Golden Section – remark is ours) in the construction of their great pyramids.
In that sentence the words "Golden Section" was written by me – not by the author of the sentence.
In which words (remark is ours; note ours or something else?) do I say (designate) that the notes inside a quote are mine?
What are the most common words (phrases) for such cases (except "italics mine," "my
italics," and such; I am not interested in that)?
Best Answer
You could use square brackets
I've also seen quotes like
I see this often in newspapers. In academic writing you also see [] as an insertion into a quote that is clearly not a part of the quote. For instance, the use of [sic!] to denote that a quote contains an error, but the error is not made by the one who uses the quote, but by the quote's original author.