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In or between brackets
Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?
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[/nq] Either. I, personally, generally use "in", unless I notice that a listener is not understanding the expression. Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash.
- [/nq] Either.
- I, personally, generally use "in", unless I notice that a listener is not understanding the expression.
- Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash.
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[nq:1]Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?[/nq]
Either. I, personally, generally use "in", unless I notice that a listener is not understanding the expression.
Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis I've been erasing too much UBE. (Email Removed) Of a reply, then, if you have been cheated,
Either. I, personally, generally use "in", unless I notice that a listener is not understanding the expression.
Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis I've been erasing too much UBE. (Email Removed) Of a reply, then, if you have been cheated,
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Garry Hilde:
[nq:1]Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?[/nq]
"In" is what people usually say.
Mark Brader, Toronto > I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself (Email Removed) > to think. Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
[nq:1]Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?[/nq]
"In" is what people usually say.
Mark Brader, Toronto > I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself (Email Removed) > to think. Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
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[nq:1]Garry Hilde:[/nq]
[nq:2]Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?[/nq]
[nq:1]"In" is what people usually say.[/nq]
Or "within". Within brackets, within the brackets. Inside brackets. In between brackets. Depends how literal you need to be, and it depends who you are talking to.
I don't think I would say "You write it in brackets"; that sounds lik
[nq:2]Do you write something in brackets or do you write it between brackets?[/nq]
[nq:1]"In" is what people usually say.[/nq]
Or "within". Within brackets, within the brackets. Inside brackets. In between brackets. Depends how literal you need to be, and it depends who you are talking to.
I don't think I would say "You write it in brackets"; that sounds lik
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