parentheses
Punctuation marks — ( ) — used to separate elements in a sentence. Parentheses subordinate (see subordination) the material within them so that readers save most of their attention for the rest of the sentence: “Aunt Sarah (who is really my mother's cousin) will be visiting next week.”
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How to use parentheses in a sentence
Danielewski uses experimental typography, elliptical descriptions, and color-coded parentheses.
On my computer, there was a contented little stream of smiley faces, made from colons and parentheses.
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Magnum Opus | Patricia J. Williams | September 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLast summer came Between parentheses: Essays, Articles and Speeches, 1998-2003.
Beyond Another Bolaño Release: Other Great Latino Writers | Robert Birnbaum | April 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA posthumous collection of his essays, Between parentheses, will be published in May.
On some reading devices, inline stage directions are set off from the text by parentheses added by the transcriber.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip Massinger
Clicking on the words in parentheses will take show the text as edited.
Daisy Ashford: Her Book | Daisy AshfordSpelling corrections: (number in parentheses) indicate the number of times the word was spelled correctly in the original text.
The Red City | S. Weir MitchellThe numbers in parentheses in the sequel refer to the preliminary propositions above given.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikThe word "is" in the translations, although marked with parentheses, is not deemed wholly gratuitous.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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