Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <pointede...@web.de> wrote:
> > Please use `[...]' or `[…]' to indicate omission instead. I could
> > have written `politeness...' myself.
>
> Incidentally, how _do_ the square brackets help?
They are a long-standing convention for marking an editorial addition or
clarification.
Square brackets – also called simply brackets (US) – are mainly used
to enclose explanatory or missing material usually added by someone
other than the original author, especially in quoted text.
<URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Square_brackets_.5B_.5D>
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