Grammar Post

Parentheses

i know we have all see these in our reading, but how many of us know all of the rules for their usage? I certainly didn't so I looked them up and this is what I found:

1. Use them in material that you want to de-emphasize or would not flow normally with the rest of the sentence.
2. If it appears within a sentence do not capitalize or end with a period even if it is a sentence itself. However, an exclamation point or question mark may be appropriate.
3. If the material within is written as a seperate sentence then puctuate as if it were a seperate sentence.

I hope you find this information as helpful as I did.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/parentheses.htm