On 2012-08-15, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
Because that's the standard method for denoting text that was inserted
by an editor and not written by the original author.
> Can a reader know that you put square-bracketed dots and that I
> didn't omit a lengthy quoted string?
Generally, yes. That's the convention for Usenet and mailing lists.
> Perhaps you said "Please use `m4-style quotes rather than matching
> ASCII quotes' or `something else' to indicate omission instead".
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