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- 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?
- 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
- Where does the question mark go — inside or outside the parentheses?
2 The question mark should go within the parentheses (I've copied this answer from a related later question asking much the same thing about exclamation marks and parenthesised text)
- (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,
- 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 - Use of two sets of parentheses, side by side - English . . .
I have a sentence that uses two sets of parentheses, side by side: Thank you for your letter of October 27, 2015 in which you outlined questions regarding the development of the new Pima Animal C
- Where to put the periods when using a parenthetical sentence?
Punctuation within parentheses If your parentheses enclose a sentence-within-a-sentence, don't use a period within the parentheses Do, however, use a question mark or an exclamation point if it is called for Mother love (hers was fierce) ruined the young boy's life They finally said (why couldn't they have admitted it earlier?) that she had been there The wedding reception (what a fiasco
- Period in or outside the Parenthesis? [duplicate]
Only place the period inside parentheses if it forms a complete sentence that stands on its own (For example, this is a complete, independent sentence ) Otherwise, place the period outside the parentheses (treat this like a subordinate clause, with no initial capital or period of its own)
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