The eviction process coincided with the deterioration of John’s health, Vlad’s son. or The eviction process coincided with the deterioration of John’s, Vlad’s son, health. The second sentence seems cumbersome to me. Vlad’s son is to be a parenthesis only, to remind the reader who is John, in case the reader forgot his introduction several … Read more
Robert Boyle once wrote in one of his papers: That, then, which I chiefly aim at is to make it probable to you by experiments (which I think hath not yet been done) that almost all sorts of qualities, most of which have been by the Schools either left unexplicated, or generally referred to I … Read more
What would you have me do (given some factor is a and another factor is b and some other statement-y thing follows as well — I’m not even sure what to make of the whole thing, not to mention that she said “screw you, you PIG!”)? I suspect the question mark goes at the end … Read more
I find myself writing sentences like this often: A. Here’s a summary of our discussion, and if needed, more detail can be found at www.website.com. I’m not sure if the commas there look quite right. Assuming that “if needed” is in fact a parenthetical, then I’d thought it needed a pair of commas (or parentheses, … Read more
I ran into a sentence which I would like to share in here to prepare the context for my question. “it was shown that TBT, HBT, and HSDT1 have the same results in order to derive fundamental frequency of the nanobeam – ABT and EBT are the same as well – in all of the … Read more
Which form of punctuation is the most appropriate for this parenthetical? The strategy team is relatively new, the unit split from its parent group in early 2016, but their work is already well known. The strategy team is relatively new (the unit split from its parent group in early 2016) but their work is already … Read more
I’m not sure which of these two is the better choice: "…some properties, which are suggested, and in fact implied, by the conditions 1 and 2." "…some properties, which are suggested and in fact implied by the conditions 1 and 2." Is this an example of a parenthetical phrase which has to be separated by … Read more
What are some good alternatives to parenthetical statements in writing? I notice that I tend to use (or rather, overuse) parenthetical statements when writing. Often, the parenthetical statements become rather large – sometimes larger than the sentence they’re in. Yet, I can’t often find a decent alternative to them. Answer I suggest that you may … Read more
What are the differences between using parenthetical comments and not? Such as if you have this sentence : Calhoun’s ambition, to become a goalie in professional soccer, is within his reach. Compared to : Calhoun’s ambition to become a goalie in professional soccer is within his reach. It’s an english task of mine.. Have searched … Read more
In the sentence below is has been used, but there is some disagreement in the office over whether it should be are: This is necessary to ensure that any change, or addition, to existing features is communicated to all relevant parties and that approvals are documented. If the subject is change and it is singular, … Read more
