Parenthesis
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pa·ren·the·sis
/pəˈrenTHəsəs/
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Definition-a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a syntactic construction without affecting it. In writing usually marked by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as in James Williams—you must know him—is coming tonight.
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Purpose- to include material that you want to de-emphasize or that wouldn't normally fit into the flow of your text but you want to include.
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Derived from the Greek word paretithenai. Latin "to insert beside"
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Example
"My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three."
(Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1955)
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"The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation."
(William Hazlitt, "On Criticism")
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".. men's basketball programs may receive a limited share licensing revenues( a minimum of $5,000 per athlete per year, with a cap to be set by the NCAA).k
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1.)"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)"
(Mark Twain)
2.)My ears heard what you said but I couldn’t believe my ears.
3.)The eyes are the windows of the soul.
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