Parentheses and Brackets English Grammar Punctuation Parentheses and Brackets Questions How does one enclose the final punctuation? Do you put a period inside or outside the parentheses? What are parentheses? When would you use parentheses vs. brackets? When to use dashes and parentheses? Sometimes it seems like they can both be uses for the same purpose. What is the difference between brackets and parentheses? Are they British and American versions of the same thing? Is it correct to put brackets inside of brackets in a sentence? For example: (writing (here)) When do I use brackets? Is it supposed to be like me replacing "she" and "I" and "me" to make it fit my tense? Did I use them correctly below? If I finish a sentence with a bracket should the full stop be inside or outside the bracket? For example, is it .) or ). What is the difference between dashes and brackets? Why use brackets over dashes? What do brackets around the first letter of a sentence mean? Sometimes I will see a sentence like this: [T]he dog was said to have been... What do the brackets indicate? Why are there brackets around some words in articles? Why, in articles, are there brackets around certain words, when the sentence would otherwise make no sense? What is the name of the citation style that uses square brackets in superscript? Wikipedia uses this style - are there any other papers, journals or institutions recommending it? What is the difference between using brackets [ ] { }and parentheses ( ) in languages? For example, "I was walking along the road (the one leading to the dock) when I met an old man." Would it matter if you used [ ] or { } instead of the ( ) ? Is there is another word for parentheses or brackets? For some reason, I think it starts with the letter g. Why are brackets used in writing? I've read multiple sentences, mostly from articles that quote someone or thing, in which something is said and then a word is in brackets. For example: "And then [she] said..." Why do people do this and what does it mean? How do you use parentheses correctly? Why are parentheses used in quotes? Why are parentheses used in grammar? What do parentheses mean in math? How do you say the word, "parentheses"? How do you spell "parentheses"? How do you use parentheses to cite references? How can parentheses be used? How do you use parentheses in a sentence? How do you use parentheses on iphone calculator? Why are parentheses used in functions in excel? Why is my accounting balance in parentheses? Punctuation View all chapters Periods Commas Semicolons Colons Quotation Marks Parentheses and Brackets Apostrophes Hyphens Dashes Ellipses Question Marks Exclamation Points Other Punctuation Prev Next