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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Parenthesis
A simple question. It is becoming increasingly common in the documents I edit for Graduate students to contain consecutive parenthesis, i.e., (XXXXX)(xxxxx). When did this start becoming a common practice and how should it be done properly?
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Hi, A simple question. , (XXXXX)(xxxxx). When did this start becoming a common practice and how should it be done properly?
- Hi, A simple question.
- , (XXXXX)(xxxxx).
- When did this start becoming a common practice and how should it be done properly?
- Here's what I think.
- Generally speaking, it's poor style to write English prose that contains a single set of parentheses, and consecutive items in parenthese is extremely poor style that is almost ludicrous.
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Hi,
A simple question. It is becoming increasingly common in the documents I edit for Graduate students to contain consecutive parenthesis, i.e., (XXXXX)(xxxxx). When did this start becoming a common practice and how should it be done properly?
Here's what I think.
Generally speaking, it's poor style to write English prose that contains a single set of pare
A simple question. It is becoming increasingly common in the documents I edit for Graduate students to contain consecutive parenthesis, i.e., (XXXXX)(xxxxx). When did this start becoming a common practice and how should it be done properly?
Here's what I think.
Generally speaking, it's poor style to write English prose that contains a single set of pare
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