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In your statement, you wrote: "I appraised him of the situation at about 4 o'clock.".(2) To show that text in a quotation did feature in the original. Reduced: "I don't want any yes-men around me even if it costs them their jobs.".I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs." Original quotation: "I don't want any yes-men around me.(1c) Square brackets can be used to replace unnecessary text with (called an ellipsis).Amended: " is a contradiction in terms.".(1b) Square brackets can be used to modify a quotation.Amended: "It is a contradiction in terms.".

Original quotation: "It is a contradiction in terms.".

(1a) Square brackets can be used to explain something in a quotation.

(1) To show that text in a quotation did not feature in the original.

Do not remove the pin(s) while the light is on.

(3) To show a plural option alongside a singular one.

Neil Armstrong was selected to join the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1962.

(The additional information is usually an expansion or clarification of whatever preceded or an afterthought.)

The stegosaurus (the best-known herbivorous dinosaur) had a brain the size of a ping pong ball.

(1) To insert additional information into text. Using Parentheses (Round Brackets and Square Brackets) Round brackets have three uses: