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Full stops. Inside or outside of brackets?

19th
Jun
by Sarah Turner

Ok, this is a short answer. A full stop appears inside the brackets, if the bracket contains a complete sentence.

She wore the red dress that evening. (Her sister wore the gold one.)
John needed the answer for question 7. (Jeff was struggling with question 1.)

The full stop appears outside of the brackets if the brackets don’t contain a complete sentence.

She wore the red dress that evening (and her sister wore the gold one).
John needed the answer for question 7 (however Jeff was struggling with question 1).

Simple, no?

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This entry was posted on Friday 19th June 2009 at 2:31pm and is filed under Punctuation tips. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Full stops. Inside or outside of brackets?”

  1. Matt Hill says:
    27 July 2009 at 2:13pm

    I’ve always wondered about that! Thanks for clarifying :-)

  2. Sarah Turner says:
    27 July 2009 at 2:31pm

    Hey Matt
    Glad to help!

    Sarah

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