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Meanings of parenthesis in English
Portuguese
parêntese Spanish
paréntesis Russian
вводное слово Spanish
paréntesis Explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage.
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Usage of parenthesis in English
1
And the amounts given under Dorn were much lower and in parenthesis.
2
What is the distinction in use between the bracket and the parenthesis?
3
It is the casual self-evidence of the parenthesis that makes it work.
4
The words in parenthesis were, I believe, not heard by Dr. Johnson.
5
The skipper made this quiet parenthesis either to himself or to Caius.
6
Now let me here make a sort of parenthesis on human nature.
7
When the condition, which Curtius notices in parenthesis, arose, the 'horror' disappeared.
8
I make a parenthesis in my ill-temper in favor of my vanity, and
9
But this is a parenthesis; and one perhaps slightly lacking in prosaic actuality.
10
Someone else asked if we could ever use dashes in place of parenthesis?
11
The second of the three is killed off in a parenthesis.
12
I will mention here, in parenthesis, that I came across Dr.
13
If used at all with the parentheses, it should follow the closing parenthesis.
14
A period is placed inside a parenthesis only in two cases.
15
This and the following verses seem to be inserted by way of parenthesis.
16
Two cups of Bovril, Henderson, she added to the butler, in a parenthesis.
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Translations for parenthesis
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Parenthesis through the time
Parenthesis across language varieties
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