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Re:Paul Graham spills: Why some companies get his cash and o... by mayank on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @02:49PM (#2360717)
In formal writing, the inserted word or phrase is supposed to be enclosed in square brackets to indicate that it is not the original source speaking: "he wanted to go to [the] circus".

The slightly more obnoxious "sic" can be used when you want to leave the grammatical error in, indicating that the error is in the original source: "he wanted to go to circus [sic]".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

A good journalist will adapt their own language to make the unmodified quote fit in where possible. Being misquoted is a sign of sloppy journalism.

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Re:Paul Graham spills: Why some companies get his cash and o... by scott_s on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @05:26PM (#2361542)
"Being misquoted" usually implies that the semantic meaning of what was written is different from what was said. It does not usually mean articles and transitive words were added.
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