Right. They will (I saw the order myself) withdraw the Second battalion tomorrow.
857. Use parentheses to inclose figures that confirm numerical adjectives. Place the figures in parentheses after the numeral word.
Wrong. He offered to sell me (5) five mules.
Right. He offered to sell me five (5) mules.
858. Never use parentheses to cancel a word which you want to omit; draw a line through it.
Wrong. Next week the (whether) weather will be warm.
Right. Next week the whether weather will be warm.
859. Use brackets [ ] to inclose explanatory material introduced into a quotation.
The speaker said, “He [Washington] was above everything else an American gentleman.”