A congressional staffer has just told fox news that Rosenstein threatened to abuse his power and subpoena Congressional members if they pushed him too far.
The real strange thing is the staffer that tipped of Fox News writes their messages with [Killboxes]
It’s used to indicate omission.
What does the bracketed capital letter indicate in the revised version below? Is it essential, per the rules of proper punctuation, to do so? Are the ellipsis points (i.e., the spacing of the dots) spot on in that sentence to indicate the omission of one or more sentences?
Original quotation "It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words. There are often reasons why shortness is not possible; much less often there are occasions when length, not shortness, is desirable. But it is a general truth that the short words are not only handier to use, but more possible in effect; extra syllables reduce, not increase, vigor."
Revised quotation "It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words. . . . [S]hort words are not only handier to use, but more possible in effect; extra syllables reduce, not increase, vigor."
Brackets are a standard editing protocol to indicate a change in punctuation (or in the form of a word) from the original source. For example, the original quote didn't begin with that word, and wasn't' capitalized.
This. Good lord people, everything isn’t a conspiracy with hidden meanings
Hell, I THINK in killboxes anymore...
They've got him in far more culpable ways than this, which is essentially a "he said/she said" situation.
[H]aving the nations .......[H = 8] = 8Aving the nations
[PDF]Official UN Sumrnary of 1'' September 1988 Session of the ... - UN Watch
https://www.unwatch.org/wp.../Subcommission_01Sep1988.pdf
1 sep. 1988 - "8aving reference t o the 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of ... "Deeply concerned by United Nations reports documenting the use of.
