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Meanings of square brackets in English

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Usage of square brackets in English
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In the draft Paris document, square brackets surrounded disputed segments of text.
Wired
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The foot-notes added by the translator have been placed in square brackets.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 2 [of 3] / From...
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Where significant additions have been made, these are enclosed within square brackets.
The Noble Spanish Soldier
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Phrases contained within square brackets were not yet agreed by all 19 states:
The Irish Times
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The passage in square brackets is inserted from the Oxford MS.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
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Any text in square brackets is the work of editor E. H. Coleridge.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3
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Extracts from Mrs. Reeve's Journal are here given in square brackets.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C...
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The positions of the films on the earlier chart are listed in square brackets.
The Irish Times
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The setting for scene I, act II is also italicized, but without square brackets.
The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
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All sidenotes have been enclosed in square brackets, and preceded with "Sidenote:".]
The Church and the Barbarians / Being an Outline of the History ...
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A few additions (enclosed in square brackets) have been made to the Bibliography.
Ancient Art and Ritual
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Search strings are enclosed in square brackets; include brackets.
On the Improvement of the Understanding
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Each cell definition is enclosed within a pair of square brackets located in column 1.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
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Explanatory remarks regarding numbering are enclosed in square brackets.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
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To open stories, double click in the square brackets.
Reuters
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The search tag must be enclosed in square brackets.
Pubmed
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