{"id":4799,"date":"2023-02-17T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:30:47","slug":"how-to-use-brackets-correctly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/how-to-use-brackets-correctly","title":{"rendered":"How to use brackets correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Don\u2019t confuse them with parentheses. Square brackets are a grammatical function that add additional information and context to a quote. They\u2019re also used specifically for the [sic] adverb, which indicates a quoted misspelling or grammatical error that\u2019s transcribed exactly as is. 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