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gmik:
Ha!!!
(darn, couldn't find a burping smiley)
rrammfcitktturjsp:
Gena,
Parenthetical statements work nicely as well. :D
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rick:
annie. you must be very smart and i must be very dumb. But what is a parenthetical statement? I hate not knowing what something is. Rick
rrammfcitktturjsp:
Rick,
nah I do not see myself as smart. There are many things that I do not know about, and I ask what they are. That to me is the sign of a "smart" person, when they do not know, they ask for directions. There is no shame in asking what stuff is, the only shame is trying to appear like you know it all when you really do not have a clue. So, you are smart as I am, as well as the people on the forum, and a good deal of others in the world.
Parenthetical statements are sentences written between parentheses. Gena had written
(darn couldn't find a burping smiley). These statements either serve to explain something more in detail, or in forums or in chat rooms to denote a physical emotion or something beside the written word as in when I usually write <starts singing and dancing>. These can explain moods or do any other functions, usually those of elaboration. Bracketed statements [NOTE: usually contain a definition or an explantion or a citation]. These are just attention grabbers that separate text that the writer wishes to put special emphasis on compared to the rest of the text. Same principle as CAPS do.
Hope this explains, and thanks for asking. This is my working definition or how I use the word, it may be different in a dictionary or a standard English book.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rick:
thank you. i relly do learn alot from this board.
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