12. Sept. 2014 · As you saw in the title, parentheses inside parentheses don't look too good. But, gramatically speaking, is it correct to do this? For example: Go to this site (you should probably check …

Where should the period go when using parentheses? For example: In sentence one, I use this example (which has a parenthesis at the end.) Should the period be inside, or outside of the parentheses?

21. Okt. 2012 · From the Guardian style guide: parentheses If the sentence is logically and grammatically complete without the information contained within the parentheses (round brackets), the punctuation …

6. Okt. 2013 · Parentheses is the regular plural. Usually, you use a pair of the signs showing an insertion, then "between parentheses" - or brackets ; however, "in parenthesis" means : as an afterthought.

3. Feb. 2011 · Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)?

Possible Duplicate: Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? Are you allowed to have parentheses within parentheses in English? Something like "(I did that because I wanted to (and the want cam...

1. Dez. 2010 · When writing in English (not a programming language or math), the rule is: put a space before the opening parenthesis, and either a space or a punctuation mark after the closing …

I need to name a variable containing ()[]{}, what is the common name for all of them? Two side questions: parentheses is plural, or singular, or both? is abbreviating it as parens understandable?

In American technical (linguistics, CS) usage, [square brackets], {curly brackets}, and <angle brackets> are varieties of bracket; (parentheses) function the same way, but use a different name. All are used …

2 The question mark should go within the parentheses (I've copied this answer from a related later question asking much the same thing about exclamation marks and parenthesised text).