On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Kris Maglione<maglion...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brackets in quoted material signify a change by the by the person doing the > quoting (e.g., "[The commission] was set..." as opposed to "It was set..."). > Parens generally signify parenthetical material added by the original > author.
I would still like to see which style guide recommends this usage; it's not in harbrace, little & brown, CBE, NYT, Chicago, or anything else I've checked. -- # Kurt H Maier
