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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

'but' in parenthesis

My friend and I were arguing about whether his sentence was grammatically correct. Here is the sentence.

"Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies. (But you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish.)"

I thought it should be written as "Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies (but you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish.)"
  

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Your version isn't correct. The two possiblilities are: Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies. ) Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies (but you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish).

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  • Your version isn't correct.
  • The two possiblilities are: Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies.
  • ) Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies (but you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish).
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Your version isn't correct. The two possiblilities are:

Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies. (But you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish.)

Dude, this forum is only for thank-yous and apologies (but you're allowed to apologize for failing to use proper punctuation if you wish).
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