The following examples (Nos. 112-115) are taken from the “Style Book” of the Government Printing-Office.
Note.—We follow in the examples the capitalization and punctuation of the original. For this reason we do not use a hyphen in writing the quoted title (Style Book), above.
These examples are given in this style-book for the guidance of type-setters in their work in the Government Printing-Office. They appear to be extracts from the Congressional Record:
112. Mr. SPEAKER. Is there any objection to the consideration of this bill at this time? [After a pause.] There is no objection.
113. Mr. SPEAKER (after a pause). If no gentleman claims the floor, the Clerk will proceed with the reading of the bill.
114. Mr. HEALD. The gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Sherley] stated that he would support the measure.
115. Mr. HEALD. The gentleman from Kentucky, Col. Sherley, stated that he would support the measure.
In these examples the names of the persons speaking are so manifestly inserted by the reporter that they need no identification marks.
In No. 112 three words are inserted within the text by the reporter, and take brackets for identification as matter inserted in the language of another.
In No. 113 the same three words, manifestly inserted by the reporter, take parentheses. They do so because they clearly belong to what precedes, which is not a part of the text, but is the reporter’s language. The use of brackets here would be bad punctuation. The parentheses are used because the words enclosed are purely parenthetical in their relation to the preceding word, which is the reporter’s language.
In No. 114 the words “Mr. Sherley” are inserted by the reporter, and therefore take brackets. In No. 115 the words “Col. Sherley” are the language of Mr. Heald, and therefore take the usual punctuation (commas).