PARENTHESES ( )

Parentheses ( ) enclose material that is an interruption of the text but adds information.

Example:

- The park (in Washington) is always crowded in summer.

- I know the answer (I think) to the question.

NOTE: If the material enclosed falls at the end of a sentence, the end mark is placed outside the closing parenthesis. If the material is a complete sentence within itself, the end mark is placed inside the parenthesis.

Example:

- We provide a complete list of stores (see the Appendix).

- We provide a complete list of stores. (See the Appendix.)