parentheses.dita

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<concept id="concept_nwf_ffh_cfb">
    <title>Parentheses</title>
    <shortdesc>A sentence containing an expression in parenthesis is punctuated, outside of the
        marks of parenthesis, exactly as if the expression in parenthesis were absent.</shortdesc>
    <conbody>
        <p>The expression within is punctuated as if it stood by itself, except that the final stop
            is omitted unless it is a question mark or an exclamation point.</p>
        <lq>I went to his house yesterday (my third attempt to see him), but he had left town.</lq>
        <lq>He declares (and why should we doubt his good faith?) that he is now certain of
            success.</lq>
        <p>(When a wholly detached expression or sentence is parenthesized, the final stop comes
            before the last mark of parenthesis.)</p>
    </conbody>
</concept>