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- Double parentheses - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? Are you allowed to have parentheses within parentheses in English? Something like "(I did that because I wanted to (and the want cam
- Where does the period go when using parentheses?
Where should the period go when using parentheses? For example: In sentence one, I use this example (which has a parenthesis at the end ) Should the period be inside, or outside of the parentheses?
- parentheses - Number agreement when using “ (s)” for optional plural . . .
Are you asking whether the singular or plural should be used or whether or not to use the article when using (s)?
- parentheses vs parenthesis [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
Parentheses is the regular plural Usually, you use a pair of the signs showing an insertion, then "between parentheses" - or brackets ; however, "in parenthesis" means : as an afterthought
- Parenthetical sentences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Parentheses can be placed around single words, phrases, complete sentences, or even complete paragraphs There is nothing that specifically defines the limits, although using them around several paragraphs grouped together would be unusual
- Where to put the periods when using a parenthetical sentence?
2 The punctuation marks are correct When a full sentence is placed between parentheses, the period is placed inside them too For the sentences surrounding the parenthetical one, the rule is the usual one
- (Parentheses (inside parentheses)) - English Language Usage Stack . . .
As you saw in the title, parentheses inside parentheses don't look too good But, gramatically speaking, is it correct to do this? For example: Go to this site (you should probably check it out,
- Is there any rule for the placement of space after and before parentheses?
When writing in English (not a programming language or math), the rule is: put a space before the opening parenthesis, and either a space or a punctuation mark after the closing parenthesis Do not put a space after the opening or before the closing parenthesis In other words, there shouldn't be any space between the parentheses and what they enclose, but there should be spaces around the
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