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The writer injects this story with tough social commentary (the demon himself is literally filling a void via psychological reinforcement (fear) at the notorious housing complex, since other systems have failed), whilst incorporating a nod to the urban legend ‘Bloody Mary'.
Any rules or guildelines on how long a passage in parenthesis should be? The dependent clause feels detached from it's main sentence due to longevity in the parenthesis.
After an excellent foray into domestic drama in ‘White Teeth’, writer Zadie Smith... (Any right or wrong in the comma being right in the middle. I'd write it just underneath the quotation mark, which is being used for emphasis here.
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Any rules or guidelines on how long a passage in parenthesis should be? My recommendation is to avoid parentheses completely. They often show that the writer has not bothered to take the time to organize and express his thoughts properly.
- Any rules or guidelines on how long a passage in parenthesis should be?
- My recommendation is to avoid parentheses completely.
- They often show that the writer has not bothered to take the time to organize and express his thoughts properly.
- Your sentence is a poor one.
- I haven't even mentioned that you have parentheses within parentheses.
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Any rules or guidelines on how long a passage in parenthesis should be? My recommendation is to avoid parentheses completely. They often show that the writer has not bothered to take the time to organize and express his thoughts properly. Your sentence is a poor one.
I haven't even mentioned that you have parentheses within parentheses.
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