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[Angrboda]

APA format allows you to omit unnecessary parts of a direct quote and replace them with ellipses as I have done. You were quoted accurately. Only the two sentences presented were essential to my response.

Edit: Upon reading the Chicago Manual of Style, it appears that although my use of ellipses is correct, bracketing them is not. Brackets imply an omission on your end, not an omission on mine.

You omitted necessary parts of the text required to preserve the meaning of the text, so even if the APA style guidelines permit eliminating unnecessary parts of the text, that is irrelevant.

Use an ellipsis in the middle of a quotation to indicate that you have omitted material from the original sentence, which you might do when it includes a digression not germane to your point. However, take care when omitting material to preserve the original meaning of the sentence.

(APA | APA style blog)

Since you appear more concerned with pushing dishonest ass twaddle instead of defending your original point, I think it reasonable to presume that you had no point.