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Just as there are several types of punctuation marks, 
, ; : .
also called comma, semi-colon, colon, period (or full stop on the east side of
the Atlantic),
so to are there two types of brackets
[   )  
also called square brackets, parenthesis.
 
It is clear that a ) although is a type of bracket it is called a parenthesis,
just as , is called a comma, which is a type of punctuation mark.
John
 
 
 



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>>> Berend Hasselman <bhh at xs4all.nl> 12/15/15 12:59 PM
>>>
> On 15 Dec 2015, at 18:49, John Sorkin <jsorkin at
grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote:
> 
> On this side of the Atlantic, the symbols ( or ) are properly called
parenthesis not brackets. Consider the expression parenthetical expression,
which means something enclosed in parentheses.
> John
> 

According to http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/brackets
I gather that to avoid ambiguity and/or confusion one could/would use round
brackets for () (parentheses).


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> It is clear that a ) although is a type of bracket it is called a
parenthesis, just as ,
> is called a comma, which is a type of punctuation mark.
These things are called parentheses because of what they do, not what they are. 
A parenthesis is any word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought
into text that would be is grammatically complete without it, usually bounded by
punctuation. The bounding punctuation marks are then called parentheses, and can
be round, square, or curly brackets, dashes, or just commas.

So (),  [], {}, - ... -  and , ... , are _all_ pairs of parentheses in
grammatical usage.

Three of them are also kinds of bracket, but not the only kinds. 

There's a disturbingly extensive article on it at 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Names_for_various_bracket_symbols

which suggests to me that the terms are unlikely to be standardised quickly.

Steve E


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Hi,
My understanding is:

() - parentheses
{} - braces
[] - square brackets
<> - angle brackets

Jim


On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 6:17 AM, S Ellison <S.Ellison at lgcgroup.com>
wrote:
> > It is clear that a ) although is a type of bracket it is called a
> parenthesis, just as ,
> > is called a comma, which is a type of punctuation mark.
>
> These things are called parentheses because of what they do, not what they
> are.
> A parenthesis is any word or phrase inserted as an explanation or
> afterthought into text that would be is grammatically complete without it,
> usually bounded by punctuation. The bounding punctuation marks are then
> called parentheses, and can be round, square, or curly brackets, dashes, or
> just commas.
>
> So (),  [], {}, - ... -  and , ... , are _all_ pairs of parentheses in
> grammatical usage.
>
> Three of them are also kinds of bracket, but not the only kinds.
>
> There's a disturbingly extensive article on it at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Names_for_various_bracket_symbols
>
> which suggests to me that the terms are unlikely to be standardised
> quickly.
>
> Steve E
>
>
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