Parentheses – Period (or Stop) Inside Or Out?
Posted by ShawnSep 9
I had a friend ask me to explain this once and for all. Where does the blasted period go? Quite simply, put the period on the outside if it isn’t a complete sentence. Put it on the inside if the complete sentence is surrounded by the parentheses.
For example:
Outside - Johnny went down to play ball and forgot his mitt (it was in the garage).
Inside - Johnny like playing ball. (He like catching the most.)
Do note a single ( is a parenthesis. A pair is parentheses.
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