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16711971

Anonymous Wed Nov 4 06:23:49 2020 No.16711971 [Reply] [Original]

Why do people put part of a word in square brackets?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 4 06:24:07 2020 No.16711973 >>16711971 >inb4 ask your mom I asked my mom and she doesn't know.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 4 06:25:11 2020 No.16711974 >>16711971 They're quoting something and they have to change the quote for it to make grammatical sense. The square brackets indicate where something was changed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 4 06:26:59 2020 No.16711977 >>16711971 To indicate it's optional, mostly used when talking about commands for a mud or sheet. Ex: l[ook]. >>16711973 I asked your mom if I could fuck her and she said yes

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 4 06:27:37 2020 No.16711981 >>16711974 this. square brackets indicate that it is not part of the original quote.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 4 08:22:49 2020 No.16712221 File: 1.32 MB, 2000x2000, taochaching.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16711971 Ghost whispers