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parenthesis
anastrophe, chiasmus, discontinuation, disjunction, hyperbaton, infix, insinuation, interlocution, irregularity, noncontinuance, obiter dictum, synchysis
Definition
n.
either of two punctuation marks
Last update: June 10, 2015
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If the string begins with an open
parenthesis
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("You listen to this," said my sister to me, in a severe
parenthesis
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] 5 (return) [ This
parenthesis
is due to Jean Valjean.
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Room for a brief
parenthesis
.
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PARENTHESIS CHAPTER ITHE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA This book is a drama, whose leading personage is the Infinite.
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17) [_open
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missing_] Seton, 1929, +3+: 109-111; Critchell-Bullock, 1930 [1929:] Murie, 1939: 245; Clarke, 1940 [1939;] R.
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(In
parenthesis
, I may state that the sisters are more ruthlessly sacrificed than the brothers.)
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The words within the
parenthesis
should be read in a lower tone of voice.
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(_a_) Place the
parenthesis
first, as an independent sentence: "The Bill of the Association has been."
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(_b_) This should come earlier in the sentence, and not as a
parenthesis
.
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"Going to use it for a scarf-pin," explained MacWilliams, in
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.
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