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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Parentheses after or before quotation marks?

My "night at the Oprah (a date with a large woman)" went just swimmingly.

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My "night at the Oprah" (a date with a large woman) went just swimmingly.
  

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Hi, The latter. The quotation marks highlight the unusual wording. The part in parentheses is not part of the unusual wording.

— Clive

  • Hi, The latter.
  • The quotation marks highlight the unusual wording.
  • The part in parentheses is not part of the unusual wording.
  • Clive
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Hi,

The latter.

The quotation marks highlight the unusual wording. The part in parentheses is not part of the unusual wording.

Clive
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