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I already know where to put the period when there is a note in parentheses at the end of a sentence. However, I would like to know what to do in the case where there is a full sentence, or multiple sentences, inside the parentheses contained at the end of a sentence. For example:

This is a sentence (I am also a sentence. This is yet another sentence.).

Note the .). at the end. Is this correct?

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  • No, don't double up like that. If the construct inside the parenthesis is deserving of it's own full stop, put the period inside; otherwise put the (one and only) period outside. – Pieter Geerkens Oct 04 '13 at 03:25
  • General guideline: Never more than two punctuation marks consecutively, and never double up the same punctuation mark. – Pieter Geerkens Oct 04 '13 at 03:29
  • So what is the proper way to format my example sentence? You're free to leave an answer, not a comment. – Keavon Oct 04 '13 at 03:34
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    I would have to go look up a style reference to make a proper answer. In your example just type This is a sentence. (I am also a sentence. This is yet another sentence.) – Pieter Geerkens Oct 04 '13 at 03:36
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    Her is a more complicated example: I am a very long-winded (This explains long-winded.) and complicated parenthezied sentence. – Pieter Geerkens Oct 04 '13 at 03:38
  • That's also useful to know. – Keavon Oct 04 '13 at 03:41
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    Partial reference: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/8382/when-etc-is-at-the-end-of-a-phrase-do-you-place-a-period-after-it – Pieter Geerkens Oct 04 '13 at 04:02
  • Even if you found the correct, grammatical way to write such a sentence, why would you want that? – iterums Oct 04 '13 at 13:18
  • How is this a duplicate? I included a link to the question it was marked as a duplicate of stating that the linked question didn't fully answer my question, and then went to clearly explain how my question was different. – Keavon Oct 08 '13 at 03:27
  • It's not really a duplicate. – Mars Jun 13 '15 at 22:55

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