For questions about explanatory words or phrases set off from the main sentence or passage using punctuation (usually parentheses).
Questions tagged [parenthesis]
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What does [ABC] mean inside a text?
I saw it many times in many texts. There will be a word or a phrase inside a text and surrounded by square brackets.
Examples:
This is [the] main purpose of xxx.
And it was called [xxx].
There are many examples out there. What does it mean when…
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Is "you think" a parenthesis ? Or it is a subject and a predicate of a object clause which in an attributive clause?
Look at this sentence -
If you are prepared for something that you think is going to happen, you are ready for it.
I parse it like this :
if you are prepared for something
you think that is going to happen, you are ready for it.
I think…
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Is the parenthesis correct？
Suggesting expressions are usually expressed when a subordinate makes a proposal or suggestion to the superior and usually speaks with sincere or, at least, neutral tone in order to avoid offending.
Is the parenthesis at least correct？
By the way,…
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parenthesis sentence
What is meaning of the bold clause? Is it a part of what Peirce labeled as a priori method? Is it supposed to say that the consensus is emerged through the a priori method? (Because the consensus can't be a method)
Is 'developing' an adjective?…
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Four Parenthesis?
This fish swam (around, and around) (maybe, around, some seaweed).
If you may have two, maybe, parenthetical thoughts, each, maybe, somewhat different, may it seem grammatical, and proper, to use, maybe, four, maybe, parenthesis?
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