How Can Parentheses Be Signalled in a Sentence?
A Parenthesis Can Also Be Signaled by Commas or Dashes—Or, at the End of a Sentence, by a Single Comma or Dash. .. . in Other Words, Unlike Commas or Dashes...
A parenthesis can also be signaled by commas or dashes—or, at the end of a sentence, by a single comma or dash. ... In other words, unlike commas or dashes, parentheses signal that the words enclosed do not fully belong to the text that surrounds them.
What do parentheses allowed to be inserted into a sentence?
Parentheses (always used in pairs) allow a writer to provide additional information. The parenthetical material might be a single word, a fragment, or multiple complete sentences. Whatever the material inside the parentheses, it must not be grammatically integral to the surrounding sentence.
How do you punctuate a sentence using parentheses?
Punctuation with parentheses is very similar to punctuation with quotation marks. If the information in the parentheses is a separate, complete sentence, the period at the end of the sentence goes inside the parentheses. We spent two hours at the zoo. (Most of us could have spent two hours watching the otters.)
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