Why do `select` and `sub` have brackets around them in VB Linq expressions?

Question

I converted the following query from C#:

src.Select((c, i) => src.Substring(i)).Count(sub => sub.StartsWith(target))

to the VB.NET query:

src.[Select](Function(c, i) src.Substring(i)).Count(Function([sub]) [sub].StartsWith(target))

Using Developer Fusion. I was just wondering why the VB.NET version has [] throughout.

Answer 1

select and sub are keywords in VB.NET