I agree with your premise but your post is a case in point. There are as many words inside parenthesis as outside making it incredibly confusing to read. Even worse, you have a reference '[2]' nested inside parenthesis.
Using parenthesis like this indicates that it should be either a footnote or worded differently. Nesting it just makes my brain shut off.
I fall victim to using parenthesis in this manor myself quite often, its a hard habit to get out of.
Indeed. But in this manor is the median the messuage?
(Despite what my spell check says, there are no misspellings there. A dictionary might be useful though ;-) Apologies at picking on typos and showing off knowledge of obscure words.)
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I agree with your premise but your post is a case in point. There are as many words inside parenthesis as outside making it incredibly confusing to read. Even worse, you have a reference '[2]' nested inside parenthesis.
Using parenthesis like this indicates that it should be either a footnote or worded differently. Nesting it just makes my brain shut off.
I fall victim to using parenthesis in this manor myself quite often, its a hard habit to get out of.
Indeed. But in this manor is the median the messuage?
(Despite what my spell check says, there are no misspellings there. A dictionary might be useful though ;-) Apologies at picking on typos and showing off knowledge of obscure words.)
the cute thing is, it even makes sense