Quotations may be short quotations or long quotations. Quotations upto three lines should be placed in quotation marks forming an immediate part of the text. Quotations of more than three lines should start on a new line, single spaced and indented in its entirety half an inch (4 spaces) from the left margin with no quotation marks at the beginning or end. Include a complete reference of the quotation in the footnote.
If you add a word or words in a quotation, put bracket around the words which indicates that they are not part of the original text.
If you omit a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted words by using ellipsis marks which are three periods preceded and followed by a space. e.g. …
If grammatical mistakes are done by the author type sic in the bracket after the mistake. e.g. “The statue (sic) is offensive”.
If the beginning of the original sentence has been omitted, capitalise the first letter, if it is not already capitalised, and place it in brackets. e.g. “… (A)ny act of criminal”.
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