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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Bracketed second letter of word?
What do the second bracketed letters in "retreating," "the," and "to" indicate below? I've frequently encountered similar examples like these in others' writing. What exactly is meant by the use of brackets around the second letters of words?
A Southern reporter traveling with Forrest makes clear that the discrimination was deliberate: “Our troops maddened by the excitement, shot down the ret[r]eating Yankees, and not until they had attained t[h]e water’s edge and turned to beg for mercy, did any prisoners fall in [t]o our hands . . . .
A Southern reporter traveling with Forrest makes clear that the discrimination was deliberate: “Our troops maddened by the excitement, shot down the ret[r]eating Yankees, and not until they had attained t[h]e water’s edge and turned to beg for mercy, did any prisoners fall in [t]o our hands . . . .
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victo What exactly is meant by the use of brackets around the second letters of words? In that case, it seems to be a 150-year-old newspaper report. The paper may be difficult to read clearly now, or the typesetter may have omitted the letters in error.
- victo What exactly is meant by the use of brackets around the second letters of words?
- In that case, it seems to be a 150-year-old newspaper report.
- The paper may be difficult to read clearly now, or the typesetter may have omitted the letters in error.
- They are not all the 'second letter', of course.
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victoWhat exactly is meant by the use of brackets around the second letters of words?In that case, it seems to be a 150-year-old newspaper report. The paper may be difficult to read clearly now, or the typesetter may have omitted the letters in error. They are not all the 'second letter', of course.
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