The problem with extending the use of square brackets to cover sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek and incredulity is that square brackets traditionally mean "this context is being added and was not previously present in the quoted text". I.E. The Prime Minister stated, "Yesterday Mrs [George] Jones went to Hampshire." The editor of the top-most source is inserting "George" not to convey emotional meaning, but merely to convey contextual meaning within a quoted phrase. Also, I believe the use of quotes to cover the cases I mentioned is already present in materials. In a message dated 3/24/2009 8:18:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I think square brackets work better for your second case, because newspapers use them to correct grammar and insert context **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
