Oct 6, 2013 · 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 …

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 …

Dec 1, 2010 · 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 …

Sep 12, 2014 · 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 …

Jun 16, 2020 · Parenthesis by parentheses: “While I was driving it out of the used-car dealer’s yard, the nicely refurbished 1994 sedan (the dealer assured me its engine had just been …

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 …

This gets more complicated with sentences like this one (did you notice the parenthetical question?). If the phrase in the parentheses needs a different punctuation mark than the one …

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 …

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 …

The practice appears to be a legal tradition rather than a universally honored rule. If you've ever written a check (known as a cheque to the Queen), you've written out a number with words …