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USE OF BRACKETS. [ ]. BRACKETS CAN BE USED IN MATH. {c1+c2-c3=1,c2+4c3=5,c1-c2+4c3=0}. BRACKETS CAN ALSO BE USED IN HTML. <TITLE>A Simple HTML Example</TITLE> . SURPRISE! BRACKETS ARE ALSO USED IN PUNCTUATION. RULE #1.
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USE OF BRACKETS [ ]
BRACKETS CAN BE USED IN MATH • {c1+c2-c3=1,c2+4c3=5,c1-c2+4c3=0}
BRACKETS CAN ALSO BE USED IN HTML • <TITLE>A Simple HTML Example</TITLE>
RULE #1 • To enclose material which an editor or writer is inserting in a quotation • “The fair breeze blew, [and] the white foam flew.”
RULE #2 To insert the name of a person reputed to be the author of a given line or longer work. The Yaller Dog [Field]
RULE #3 To enclose the word “sic” (which means that a word which appears to be a misspelling, misuse, or other deviation from correct form) is printed as it is in the original.
The letter states, “I am agin[sic] every idea you have.” The term “sic” means “thus it is”.
LET’S PRACTICE! Mrs. Smith stated, “I dunno [sic] who shot the rubber band in my classroom!”
TRY AGAIN! “To be or not to be, [that] is the question.”
ONE MORE TIME! The Idiots Guide to Creating a Web Page [McFedries]