I’ve noticed some authors here using [square brackets] to indicate how sentences should be parsed
(So “[the administrator of Parthia]’s manor” means something different from “the administrator of [Parthia’s manor]”)
Previous to seeing this usage, I had similar thoughts about the same problem, but came up with different notation. In my opinion, the square brackets don’t feel right, like they mean something different from how they are being used.
My original notation was to use •dots• to indicate the intended order of parsing, though recently I’ve started using ⌞corner brackets⌝ to indicate the intended parsing
(The corner brackets are similar to how quotations are marked in Japanese, but they are distinct characters. Also, they aren’t on the default keyboard, but I have things set up on my phone to make it easy to insert them)
Corner brackets are pretty! I usually just connect every word with a hyphen if they’re intended to be read together, eg. “In this definitely-not-silly example sentence, the potentially-ambiguous bits are all hyphen-connected”.
I’ve noticed some authors here using [square brackets] to indicate how sentences should be parsed
(So “[the administrator of Parthia]’s manor” means something different from “the administrator of [Parthia’s manor]”)
Previous to seeing this usage, I had similar thoughts about the same problem, but came up with different notation. In my opinion, the square brackets don’t feel right, like they mean something different from how they are being used.
My original notation was to use •dots• to indicate the intended order of parsing, though recently I’ve started using ⌞corner brackets⌝ to indicate the intended parsing
(The corner brackets are similar to how quotations are marked in Japanese, but they are distinct characters. Also, they aren’t on the default keyboard, but I have things set up on my phone to make it easy to insert them)
I like corner brackets more!
Corner brackets are pretty! I usually just connect every word with a hyphen if they’re intended to be read together, eg. “In this definitely-not-silly example sentence, the potentially-ambiguous bits are all hyphen-connected”.