Brackets Examples

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Home Search  Glossary of Terms Common Errors FAQs Grammar Chat Download Grammar Checker Brackets - Glossary of Terms Brackets Brackets are punctuation marks used in pairs to enclose an afterthought or additional information. These are brackets ( ). Examples: You are required to attend the meeting in Plymouth on Tuesday. (Avoid the A303 if I were you.)  Andrew Sissons (the author) lived in Tenby until the age of 16.   Brackets look a little informal, and many writers do not like to use them in official correspondence. To avoid brackets, you can either reword your text or use dashes or commas instead.

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