In representing those letters in which abbreviations were used in the original, the editors chose not to print the restored letters in italics, stating that the goal of this score is essentially practical; however, in the few instances where the scribe omitted letters, presumably by mistake, these added letters are shown within
square brackets. They did not normalize spelling, so variants like amor and amour, pitie and pite are left in the score.
To seal the connection between Evans-Wentz and Emory Bortz, the latter is married to a 'wife named Grace' (Crying 148); Evans-Wentz's edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead instructs the deceased, upon 'enter[ing] into the womb' to 'emit thy gift-waves [of grace, or good-will] upon the womb which thou art entering, [transforming it thereby] into a celestial mansion' (191,
square brackets in the original).
The minimal editorial suggestions in the score generally tend toward adding articulations, enclosed in
square brackets, to create consistency within a movement.
They are admirably sensitive to possible terminological difficulties, and frequently include the original German terms in
square brackets within the text itself.
The methodology is straightforward: editorial emendations are indicated either by
square brackets or in italic text.
Works with assigned titles, given in
square brackets, appear in the alphabetical order, but untitled works are listed at the end of each sequence.
Professor Petti may also be responsible for what I consider another unfortunate REED policy, the use of
square brackets to indicate cancellations or intentional deletions.
Also, like all major international agreements, ACTA's implementation and development would be handled by a standing organisation--the ACTA Oversight Committee (although the name remains in
square brackets).
When I said, "If you want sugar, it's over there', the full, unelliptical sentence was, 'If you want sugar, [your desire will be satisfied by the fact that] it's over there', and you were intended to fill in the words in the
square brackets by yourself."
In any case, it looks like another tortuous year of negotiations and draft texts full of
square brackets is ahead till the next conference of parties in Mexico.
The only official text still has almost two thousand
square brackets indicating points of disagreement, although there is less than two weeks to go.
The field name is entered in
square brackets, and the calculation symbols are the same as you would use in Excel or other products.
