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I should have mentioned... Tim Send a noteboard - 03/01/2010 11:39:27 PM
The parenthesis is the text between the () symbols, not the symbols themselves. But subtle distinctions (monkey/ape, tortoise/turtle, story/storey) are, sadly, often lost on our transatlantic brethren.


I will amend my style accordingly.


...that since a parenthesis is text that's "set apart" from the rest of the sentence, it can also be between dashes or commas.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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