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Brackets and Parenthesis

Brackets and Parenthesis. Mini-Lesson #21. From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series.

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Brackets and Parenthesis

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  1. Brackets and Parenthesis Mini-Lesson #21 From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series

  2. Do not use brackets when parenthesis are called for or parenthesis when brackets are needed. Brackets are used to enclose an explanation, comment, or correction that is inserted into quoted material.

  3. Use the word sic (meaning “so” of “thus”) in brackets to • indicate that you have quoted an error in the original. • Examples: • The supermarket ad reads, “Bostin fern’s [sic] for sale.” • “[O]ne of the best on television” is how a company spokesperson described the Texaco commercial. • The spokesperson also said, “The Texaco station • [outside Chicago] is one of the busiest in the • nation.” Brackets

  4. Use parenthesis to enclose explanatory or interrupting elements that add information but might otherwise disrupt the sentence. • Examples: • Attila the Hun (circa A.D. 406-453) invaded the Eastern Roman Empire. • No one did well on the French test (except Jacques, of course). • Roy and I travelled all day and night (he was the driver; I was the navigator) and reached Los Angeles by dawn. • Punctuation marks (commas, periods, semicolons) that belong to the sentence come after the parenthesis. • “[O]ne of the best on television” is how a company spokesperson described the Texaco commercial (it’s the one with the hound dog singing “The Thrill is • Gone”). Parenthesis

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