Quote Checker

Forking ‘Guzey misquotes Walker re biological functions’ by Dennis Hackethal

Paste the original text and your quote. The result updates as you type.

1Original

Accurately reproduce the original text. Don’t change it – copy/pasting works best. Retain inline formatting by using markdown syntax.
Where is the original text from? Provide a link or, when quoting from a book, provide at least the author and title. The more information the better.

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2Quote

Quote the original. Do not use any surrounding quotation marks. If you are reusing a pre-existing quote, don’t change it; follow the guidelines given for the original text.
If you are reusing a pre-existing quote, provide a source. Again, the more information the better.
Used for omissions. The default is ‘[...]’, but ‘. . .’ and variations thereof are also commonly used. If you are reusing a pre-existing quote, reflect its use of ellipsis.

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Advanced settings

You can adjust how the texts are compared. Odds are you don’t need to.

/ /m
A Ruby regular expression determining what is considered a diffable chunk. Defaults to . for individual characters. Use \w+ to compare whole words instead.
Pick the algorithm that generates the most semantic diff for your purposes. Myers often works best. Different algorithms sometimes produce the same results.

3Result

Please note: limitations of this tool