explanatory matter
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Some of these methods of arranging explanatory matter were used several times.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
While any one of the foregoing methods may be used for a single passage it is not usual in actual practice to find one scheme used throughout all the explanatory matter of the speech.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
It has been suggested that notes and hints should be appended to each case, but the purpose for which the collection is published is better served by giving the incidents devoid of any explanatory matter.
From International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
The Society of Antiquaries of Copenhagen is about to publish an Archæological Atlas of the North, accompanied by explanatory matter in French and Danish.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
Brackets are used to insert explanatory matter in a quotation which one gives from another writer.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
