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0 pointslaborcontract1y ago0 comments

you’d normally use square braces [for this kind of thing]

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sdwr1y ago

Square braces are used to show you are editing a quote for grammar or brevity, not to change the meaning of your own sentence. Ex:

> I love this [...] use of parentheses. [Rules] can be just as powerful when violated as when upheld.

you can also use it in place of commas.

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0 pointslaborcontract1y ago0 comments

you’d normally use square braces [for this kind of thing]

sdwr1y ago

Square braces are used to show you are editing a quote for grammar or brevity, not to change the meaning of your own sentence. Ex:

> I love this [...] use of parentheses. [Rules] can be just as powerful when violated as when upheld.

you can also use it in place of commas.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse