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.

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# Kurt H Maier

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