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== Brackets and parentheses == | |||
The rules in this section apply to both round brackets {{xt|( )}}, often called [[Bracket|parentheses]], and square brackets {{xt|[ ]}}. | The rules in this section apply to both round brackets {{xt|( )}}, often called [[Wikipedia:Bracket|parentheses]], and square brackets {{xt|[ ]}}. | ||
If a sentence contains a bracketed phrase, place the sentence punctuation outside the brackets {{xt|(as shown here).}} However, where one or more sentences are wholly inside brackets, place their punctuation inside the brackets. (For examples, see {{section link||Sentences and brackets}}, below.) There should be no space next to the inner side of a bracket. An opening bracket should usually be preceded by a space, for example. This may not be the case if it is preceded by an opening quotation mark, another opening bracket, or a portion of a word: | If a sentence contains a bracketed phrase, place the sentence punctuation outside the brackets {{xt|(as shown here).}} However, where one or more sentences are wholly inside brackets, place their punctuation inside the brackets. (For examples, see {{section link||Sentences and brackets}}, below.) There should be no space next to the inner side of a bracket. An opening bracket should usually be preceded by a space, for example. This may not be the case if it is preceded by an opening quotation mark, another opening bracket, or a portion of a word: | ||