Questions tagged [parentheticals]
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how to parenthetically modify something which I don't know what it is?
I'm trying to say something like
"X has something to do with Y (which I don't know what it is)".
Clearly, the expression in the parenthesis is awkward here. I'm trying to parenthetically modify the sentence by stating that I have no idea what Y is.…
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What rules govern whether a parenthetical phrase can be moved anywhere else?
Can all parenthetical phrases be moved to somewhere else in the sentence, without loss of meaning?
I just tried it with about 5 parenthetical phrases, examples from a grammar site, and I think they all could be.
Can all parenthetical phrases be…
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Clarification versus assent
If person A says, “A hymn is a way to show devotion.” And person B added, “ to a deity.”
So that the sentence is: A hymn is a way to show devotion [to a deity]
Is it correct to say that person B is adding a parenthetical for clarification? Or is…
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Is there a space between parenthesis at the end of a parenthetical remark?
I wonder what to do about parentheses that follow each other, as in this phrase:
"(I have taken out my comments in the GoogleDoc (and corrected a couple of spelling errors thanks to Grammarly) )." I put a space between the last two parentheses, but…
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