in the paper today a sentance went as follows "My view [is] that the Nepali community in this country ia a direct and beneficial contributor to the social,economic and cultural life of our country,"he said. Please could you tell me wot the [is] in the sentance stands for ? thank you for your time.
The use of square brackets [ ] is used in newspaper editing to indicate a word that the editor thinks would have been said or makes the meaning more understandable.