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- parentheses vs parenthesis [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
34 Parenthesis is of course Greek and means in fact "insertion" It has taken the meaning of the signs " ( " or " ) " 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
- (s) or s at the end of a word to denote one or many
I like to use less- greater- than brackets, "<s>", which is more similar to parentheses than separation with a forward-slash, and has added benefit of making easier to parse with more clear distinction in cases of more different pluralizations than required by simply adding an ‘s’ or ‘es’ (e g also eliminating something, like ‘-us’ to ‘-i’)
- punctuation - Where does the question mark go — inside or outside the . . .
However, if the material inside the parenthesis requires a concluding punctuation mark like an exclamation point or question mark (but not a period!), that mark is placed inside the closing mark even though another mark is outside it This latter sort of thing is awkward, however, and best avoided if you can help it
- 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?
- 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
- punctuation - Is there any rule for the placement of space after and . . .
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
- punctuation - Use of e. g. — are parentheses necessary? - English . . .
Is it appropriate to use "e g " in a sentence without using parentheses? This administrative access control should provide visibility into access via multiple vectors (e g group access rights
- Number agreement when using “ (s)” for optional plural
The material included in the parenthesis, being supplemental, is considered not to be an actual component to the sentence, thereby being excluded from the rules regulating the rest of the sentence
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