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KeyboardWarrior Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Parenthesis, braces and brackets?
Could you give me an example when to use either parenthesis, braces and brackets?
And what's the difference between parenthesis and brackets?
And what's the difference between parenthesis and brackets?
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] brackets. } are braces. All are used to insert grammatically unconnected material into written text.
- ] brackets.
- } are braces.
- All are used to insert grammatically unconnected material into written text.
- If you need to use all 3 for interpolations within interpolations, then parentheses are the outermost and braces are the innermost; for 2, square brackets go inside parentheses.
- Generally, parentheses are used for parenthetical elements/comments, to enclose quotation sources, and to set off numbers in lists: (1), (2)....
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First, AmE usually calls (..) parentheses and [..] brackets.
BrE usually calls (..) brackets and [..] square brackets
And {..} are braces.
All are used to insert grammatically unconnected material into written text. If you need to use all 3 for interpolations within interpolations, then parentheses are the outermost and braces are the innermost; for 2, square brackets g
BrE usually calls (..) brackets and [..] square brackets
And {..} are braces.
All are used to insert grammatically unconnected material into written text. If you need to use all 3 for interpolations within interpolations, then parentheses are the outermost and braces are the innermost; for 2, square brackets g
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