parentheses
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Parentheses and other Grouping Symbols: Simplify all expressions inside the parentheses or other grouping symbols, working on the innermost parentheses first.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
Parentheses in fiction draw far too much attention to themselves.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2017
We use an “order of operations” rule we memorized in childhood: “Please forgive my dear Aunt Sally,” or PEMDAS, which stands for Parentheses Exponents Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2013
Pg 66 When an Accidental Is in Parentheses Please tell me how a chord or an interval marked thus, is executed.
From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef
Doubt whether to use parentheses or brackets can usually be settled by this general principle: Parentheses always enclose remarks apparently made by the writer of the text.
From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
