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Use of Brackets
 Brackets are used for a number of purposes:
Use #1: Sometimes, you may wish to clarify or add to an original quote. Put words that are being added to an original quote within brackets.
Example:
Original: She said, “I found their services invaluable.”
Amended: She said, “I found their [IT] services invaluable.”
Always put the changes in brackets, not parentheses. This tells your readers exactly how you have altered the original.
Use #2: Use brackets as parentheses within parentheses. You will see this with bibliographic references.
Example: (For more on the topic, see The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation [2008].)
Use #3: Use brackets to show the pronunciation of a word.
Example: He mispronounced mischievous [mis-chuh-vuhs].
Use #4: Use brackets surrounding sic and italicize it.
Example: She wrote, “They made there [sic] beds.”
The Latin term sic is used to indicate that something written is intentionally left in the original form, which may be incorrect.
Due to the E-Newsletter's large readership, we are unable to respond to individual English usage questions.
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Wordplay
 These seven words have an unusual characteristic in common. Can you guess what it is? (It's not just that they each have at least 2 different repeated letters.)
1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess
Answer:
Place the first letter at the end of the word, then spell the word backwards. It will be the same word. Can you think of others?
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