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 to send a member to Oliver’s Parliament” (Macaulay, “History of England,” vol., p. 267). “Yet the manufacturers of Birmingham were already a busy and thriving race. They boasted that their hardware was highly esteemed, not indeed, as now, at Pekin and Lima, at Bokhara and Timbuctoo, but in London, and even as far off as Ireland. They had acquired a less honorable renown as coiners of bad money.” (Macaulay, ‘History of England,” vol., p. 267.)

A better practice is to give the credit as a footnote in such cases, and this is much more usual.

In direct quotations do not use parentheses to indicate matter interpolated by the editor, for explanatory or other purposes; brackets should be used always for such purposes.

Quotation marks should be included inside parentheses unless the parentheses are a part of the quotation.

Brackets

Inclose in brackets an explanation or note to indicate an interpolation in a quotation, to rectify a mistake, to supply an omission, and for parentheses within parenthetical matter.

Use brackets with such expressions as “To be continued,” at the end, and “Continued” or “Continued from,” at the beginning, of articles, chapters, etc.

Ellipses Marks

Are used—

To indicate the omission of one or more words.

To show ellipsis, use three periods separated by en quads. If the sentence ends with a period do not include this in the three points of the ellipsis. Where a whole paragraph or paragraphs, or in poetry a complete line or lines, are omitted, insert a full line of periods separated by 2-em quads. An ellipsis should be treated as a part of a quotation, and consequently should be inclosed in the quotation marks.

The Hyphen

Compound adjectives generally take the hyphen; as, a twelve-inch main, asked-for opinion, sea-island cotton, etc.

Use the hyphen where a present or past participle is