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Used to add notes to quotes which are written in the same language as the original quote, and which could theoretically have been provided in the original source without coming across as out of place. Can also be used to give out full forms of names in quote metadata, e.g. full names of authors (when only initials are provided in the original source).

Such notes are often clarifications providing additional context to a quote, such as the person a personal pronoun is referring to, an explanatory expansion after an acronym, or other similar details.

For adding other kinds of clarifications or clarifications in English to (original or normalized passages of) non-English quotes, use {{quote-qualifier}}.

Only supports a single parameter, which are the contents of the note.

Examples

{{quote-book|en|author=]|chapter=] and ] before Quebec|title=A History of the United States and Its People from Their Earliest Records to the Present Time|location=Cleveland, Ohio|publisher=The Burrows Brothers Company|​year=1908|​volume=IV|​page=269|​pageurl=https://archive.org/details/​cu31924091784698/​page/n326/mode/1up|oclc=1019301454|​passage=In spite of threats and punishment, many Canadians {{quote-gloss|in the French army}} deserted in order to care for their families and to provide food for the coming winter; more than two thousand are said thus to have '''taken French leave'''.}}

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1908, Elroy McKendree Avery, “Wolfe and Saunders before Quebec”, in A History of the United States and Its People from Their Earliest Records to the Present Time, volume IV, Cleveland, Ohio: The Burrows Brothers Company, →OCLC, page 269:
In spite of threats and punishment, many Canadians deserted in order to care for their families and to provide food for the coming winter; more than two thousand are said thus to have taken French leave.