Parenthesis
/pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/
A punctuation mark consisting of curved lines that enclose extra information within a sentence.
Examples
- When editing, he removed the unnecessary parenthetical phrase.
- Parenthesis can clarify a point without breaking the flow of the sentence.
- The formula was enclosed in parentheses to show the order of operations.
- She wrote the date in parentheses to indicate uncertainty.
- The author added an parenthetical remark to explain the term.
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