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- (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,
- 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?
- In which cases is a comma period placed inside or outside of parentheses?
From the Guardian style guide: parentheses If the sentence is logically and grammatically complete without the information contained within the parentheses (round brackets), the punctuation stays outside the brackets (A complete sentence that stands alone in parentheses starts with a capital letter and ends with a stop )
- 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
- punctuation - Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? - English Language . . .
Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)?
- 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
- 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
- What is the common name for brackets, braces, and parentheses?
I need to name a variable containing ()[]{}, what is the common name for all of them? Two side questions: parentheses is plural, or singular, or both? is abbreviating it as parens understandable?
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