Using [o]n would be due to the original passage having on at the start of a sentence - ie, "On a 10-point scale...". If I quoted that, and had on as the first word, no change, it was capitalised before, it would be capitalised now. If on was partway through a sentence, we'd make the O in On a lower-case o, then put brackets around it to indicate it's changed from the original source.
[T]he for the same reason - "I attacked the dog, which had a... " could be the original sentence. I could be quoting that in my own article, as eg "'[T]he dog, which had a...'". In the original the was not the start of the sentence, so it would be non-capitalised. Though in the article, the is changed to [T]he as a sentence must start with a capital letter.
In short, [o]n and [T]he and so forth are just an indication that the quoted passage has been changed slightly from the original due to positioning of the passage in a sentence, or due to the placement of the quote in a new passage.
Just before Return came out in the cinemas, we planned the following:
Watch Fellowship of the Ring.
Watch The Two Towers.
Watch Return of the King at the cinema.
One after the other.
Need I tell you fellowship & towers were the extended editions?
He who hosted the marathon had access to a digital projector - thankfully he also had a spare, large white wall to watch everything on. Someone brought along the extended editions of fellowship and towers, and we were off. Well, after about two hours of Mario Kart: Double Dash, that is. To warm up the projector. Yeah.
In the end, sweets were consumed, chips were pulverised, bottles were emptied, LOTR was watched, fun was had. Something like 10am till about 1am all up.
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Using [o]n would be due to the original passage having on at the start of a sentence - ie, "On a 10-point scale...". If I quoted that, and had on as the first word, no change, it was capitalised before, it would be capitalised now. If on was partway through a sentence, we'd make the O in On a lower-case o, then put brackets around it to indicate it's changed from the original source.
[T]he for the same reason - "I attacked the dog, which had a... " could be the original sentence. I could be quoting that in my own article, as eg "'[T]he dog, which had a...'". In the original the was not the start of the sentence, so it would be non-capitalised. Though in the article, the is changed to [T]he as a sentence must start with a capital letter.
In short, [o]n and [T]he and so forth are just an indication that the quoted passage has been changed slightly from the original due to positioning of the passage in a sentence, or due to the placement of the quote in a new passage.
Need I tell you fellowship & towers were the extended editions?
He who hosted the marathon had access to a digital projector - thankfully he also had a spare, large white wall to watch everything on. Someone brought along the extended editions of fellowship and towers, and we were off. Well, after about two hours of Mario Kart: Double Dash, that is. To warm up the projector. Yeah.
In the end, sweets were consumed, chips were pulverised, bottles were emptied, LOTR was watched, fun was had. Something like 10am till about 1am all up.