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On Friday 20 August 2010 09:03:46 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> Defined usage: |
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> () parentheses |
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> [] brackets |
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> {} braces |
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"Defined"? Defined where? |
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In English*, a parenthesis is a separate expression** marked off from the |
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rest of the sentence with brackets. Round ones, that is. A parenthesis |
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is not a punctuation mark, unless you want to be loose and informal |
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about it. |
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* This is what I learned at school, it accords with all my experience so |
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far except in American fora, and I see no need to change my |
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understanding. |
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** Thus becoming a "parenthetical expression". |
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I'll get off my soapbox now... :-) |
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Rgds |
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Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23. |
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