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Pinkey Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Parentheses
I am writing instructions and need to use parentheses within parentheses. Although the instructions are not sentences (they're all bullets or arrows to illustrations) can I correctly write: - Disconnect coolant hose from oil cooler at the oil filter and drain coolant (approximately 3 liters (0.792 gal.)) until it stops flowing; reconnect coolant hose
The double parentheses is killing me!
The double parentheses is killing me!
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If you don't want double parentheses, why not replace the 'outside' set with dashes.
- If you don't want double parentheses, why not replace the 'outside' set with dashes.
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If you don't want double parentheses, why not replace the 'outside' set with dashes.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with using double brackets, although it is sometimes helpful to use a different sort of bracket for the "internal" one. As a student, I took a logic course that produced statements of the form:
((pvq).(qv(rvs)))
(Don't worry about the construction, just the brackets!)
This would look less confusing as
([pvq].[qv{rvs}])
((pvq).(qv(rvs)))
(Don't worry about the construction, just the brackets!)
This would look less confusing as
([pvq].[qv{rvs}])
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