Editing mistakes in posts while quoting.

[Knuffle]

@John_Mace

Irregardless, it still sounds funny.

I see what you did there.

[crypto]

@Claverhouse

One should always quote people exactly as it was written.
Anyone can misspell: to alter the past to your perception alters the future.

But that’s exactly why I am working on my time tunnel.

[Leo_Bloom]

@Terr

“Extract revenge” is so widespread, including in respected publications (Bondholders Extract Revenge on Fee-Hungry Bankers) that it is practically common usage now.

It reaks havoc though.

And I don’t believe it’s as acceptable as you think.

[Senegoid]

@twickster

Yes, if done for clarification, using brackets, it’s fine.

Similarly, you can trim a quote using ellipses or other indications that some text is missing.

I’ve sometimes abbreviated a quote by omitting a portion of it, but putting some bracketed text in its place to give a sort of non-judgmental tl;dr indication of what I omitted. I’ve never been modded for doing that.