{"id":3092,"date":"2016-04-19T01:48:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T00:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.eviemcrae.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2016-09-19T02:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T01:02:47","slug":"parenthesis-vs-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eviemcrae.com\/?p=3092","title":{"rendered":"Parenthesis vs Brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"create.eviemcrae.com\"<\/a>We often sail\u00a0through life blissfully unaware of our little foibles – one of mine being the way\u00a0I always pronounce all the letters in the words ‘tortoise’ or ‘porpoise’. It didn’t occur to me that other people pronounced the words as ‘tortus’ or ‘porpus’, until my husband said one day, “I love the way you pronounce things”.\u00a0I was confused. It turns out there are many words I have been saying that he ‘loves’ – in other words – ‘wrong’ my whole life. But then, I’m Scottish and my husband’s Australian, so who are you going to believe?<\/div>\n
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And so it’s the case with grammar, punctuation and general rules of the written word. Take\u00a0‘brackets’ and ‘parenthesis’ for example. You may be blissfully unaware that brackets and parenthesis have two very different grammatical functions. If you would like to remain in blissful ignorance you have my permission to stop reading here. However, you never know the day you may need this information to regain some grammatical high ground in your ongoing struggle to rid the world of bad spelling and irritating grammar mistakes.<\/div>\n
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The difference between a ‘bracket’ and a ‘parentheses’ can be a bit confusing. The general rule is that, ‘parentheses’ refers to round brackets ( ) and ‘brackets’ refer to the square variety\u00a0[ ]. I say this with caution – purely to show there is<\/em> a difference – your industry style guide may say otherwise for a specific reason and that’s fine as long as there is understanding and consistency and just as long as you are aware they are<\/em> different.<\/div>\n
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For starters it’s worth noting\u00a0the use of brackets\/parentheses can be either\u00a0regional or contextual.<\/div>\n
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Generally speaking:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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