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Parenthetical clause
Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now? What's it called?
Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
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Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
(Email Removed) Standard disclaimers: http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html
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In article , Michael Hamm at (Email Removed) exposited: [nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now?
- In article , Michael Hamm at (Email Removed) exposited: [nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this).
- Has this traditionally been considered correct?
- Is it used in formal writing now?
- [/nq] I'm no expert, but, in formal writing, I would expect to see a footnote instead.
- I think you named it correctly in your subject.
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In article , Michael Hamm at (Email Removed) exposited:
[nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now? What's it called?[/nq]
I'm no expert, but, in formal writing, I would expect to see
[nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now? What's it called?[/nq]
I'm no expert, but, in formal writing, I would expect to see
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Michael Hamm wrote on 30 Nov 2004:
[nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now? What's it called?[/nq]
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[nq:1]Often, one sees sentences in which a complete sentence is inserted, in parentheses, before the period (fullstop) of another (I'm talking about something like this). Has this traditionally been considered correct? Is it used in formal writing now? What's it called?[/nq]
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Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
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