Parenthesis
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— an explanatory or qualifying
comment inserted into the midst of a passage, without being
grammatically connected with it, and marked off by upright curves
(), brackets [], commas or dashes. Parentheses serve to supply
additional information, evaluate what is said or sometimes to create
the second plane, the background, to the narrative.
e.g. I have been accused of bad taste. This has disturbed me,
not so much for my own sake (since I am used to the slights and
arrows of outrageous fortune) as for the sake of criticism in
general [
Maugham
].
e.g. …he was struck by the thought (what devil’s whisper?
— what evil hint of an evil spirit? ) — supposing that he and
Roberta… were in a small boat… [
Dreiser
].
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