[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about Bracketed Letters
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:06:52 -0400
Hi Lori,
I would leave the brackets in. Often brackets are used to show that something
is being added or slightly altered in a quotation without breaking the quotes.
For example, in the Science News magazine I read, brackets will be around words
within a quote that the person being quoted did not actually say, but which
amplify what the person is saying in a way that may make it more understandable
to a nonexpert reader. In the case of the brackets in your example, I am
guessing the brackets are around the single letter because it is not
capitalized in the quotation, but the author changed it to a capital letter.
Just a guess, though. In any case, I would not remove them because the author
clearly wanted them in there to show that the quoted text is being altered in
some way without changing the actual substance of the quote.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Lori Castner
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question about Bracketed Letters
Hi, Everyone,
In a book I am proofreading, there are some quotations from the Bible.
All of the quotations begin and end with a quotation mark.
In a few of these quotations, the first letter is surrounded with brackets;
the letter is the first letter of a word, i.e. "[C]ast your cares upon Him."
I don't really understand why the letter is bracketed; for braille reading
sake should I remove the brackets? Or since they are truly part of the book,
should I leave them in place?
Thanks.
Lori C.
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