in this way is often more convenient than
to break the inverted commas and to begin them again. But in the case
of the word _sic_--where it is inserted in a quotation to point out
that the word preceding it is rightly quoted, and is not inserted by
mistake--the ordinary brackets are used.

"The number of inhabitants were (_sic_) not more than four
millions."

Another case may be mentioned in which the square brackets are used:
where in the passage quoted some words have been lost, and are filled
in by conjecture. Prof. Stubbs quotes from one of the Anglo-Saxon
laws:

"If ceorls have a common meadow, or other partible land to
fence, and some have fenced their part, some have not, and
[strange cattle come in and] eat up the common corn or
grass, let those go who own the gap and compensate to the
others."

INVERTED COMMAS

LIII. When we quote without any change the words of another person,
they are enclosed within inverted commas. If they are quoted in the
indirect form, or if we quote merely the substance, and neglect the
exact words, inverted commas are not used.

Thereupon the mob bursts in and inquires, "What are you
doing for the people?"

Thereupon the mob bursts in and inquires what you are doing
for the people.

He says: "There is no property of any description, if it be
rightfully held, which had not its foundation in labour."

He frequently calls them "absurd," and applies to them such
epithets as "jargon," "fustian," and the like.

The last sentence might be written without inverted commas. By using
them we call special attention to the fact that these were the words
actually employed, and are not simply words like them.

So, in a passage quoted in the indirect form, if part be quoted
exactly, it is placed within inverted commas.

The Duke of Portland warmly approved of the work, but justly
remarked that the king was not "so absolute a thing of
straw" as he was represented in it.

Words referred to simply as words are either placed within inverted
commas or put in italics.

The word "friendship," in the sense we commonly mean by it,
is not so much as named in the New Testament.

LIV. When a quotation is interrupted, as in the report of a
conversation, each continuous part of the quotation is enclosed within
inverted commas.

"Pardon me, madam," answered Henry, "it was of one S