[this] as a synonym for [this][]

[Faisal N. Jawdat]

On Apr 1, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Brian.Doherty at med.va.gov wrote:
> I've done a lot of reading over the years, technical and non-technical
> works.  In my experience, square brackets are pretty rare outside of 
> code
> blocks.

It's used all the time when quoting other people's text (and inserting 
comments, editing, etc.).

-faisal