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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

punctuation in parenthetical element

Hi,
What are the rules for things in parentheses. I would call them a "parentical element" but I think it might not be correct.

eg,

I thought about it hard (Uh yes). I really did think about it hard.
  

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Hi, What are the rules for things in parentheses. I would call them a "parentical element" but I think it might not be correct. eg, I thought about it hard (Uh yes).

  • Hi, What are the rules for things in parentheses.
  • I would call them a "parentical element" but I think it might not be correct.
  • eg, I thought about it hard (Uh yes).
  • I really did think about it hard.
  • There really aren't extremely clear rules about this.
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Hi,
What are the rules for things in parentheses. I would call them a "parentical element" but I think it might not be correct.

eg,

I thought about it hard (Uh yes). I really did think about it hard.

There really aren't extremely clear rules about this.
(Putting things in parentheses is usually a pretty informal way to write.)

Generally speaking, I'd

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