--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:49 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Taking responsibility only means something if the person > > > > > taking it changes their behavior for the better. My guess > > > > > is, they'll simply be more careful next time, nothing much > > > > > else will change. They don't give an apology or pledge not > > > > > to do it again. > > > > > > > > > > > and apologizing for the error that led to its release. > > > > > > > > > > Bingo. The error was in the release, not in the editing. > > > > > > > > To my mind, the big error wasn't the editing per > > > > se, but the fact that they didn't say anything > > > > about the fact that changes had been made, or > > > > indicate the changes by enclosing them in square > > > > brackets, which really is de rigeur. > > > > > > > > > > If it was meant to be read out loud, that hardly matters. > > > > I do believe I said "say anything about the fact > > that changes had been made." > > > > Few people read newspaper articles verbatum. It's at least as de rigeur to abreviate/ > ammend/summarize as you read out loud
Uh, no, that's a matter of choice. And if you're doing it in a formal context (as opposed to reading something to your mate over the breakfast table), you should say "quote" and "unquote" as necessary to bracket what you're quoting verbatim. You'll notice that when news anchors or talk-show hosts quote something from a newspaper, or quote what someone has said, there is usually a box with the actual text running beside the anchor or host. That's in case the anchor or host misreads the text or interpolates his or her own comments. You simply DO NOT CHANGE material that has been published, not a word of it, even if it doesn't change the meaning, without indicating you have done so.
