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Subject:Re: To space before a bracket or not to space? From:MaggiRos <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 13 May 2004 09:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
The conventional use of parentheses and other brackets is
as you have used it here.
> basing her (The Editor) conviction
That is, no space after the opening one, no space before
the closing one. That's not Microsoft's convention, just
modern English usage. The editor is free to do what she
likes, but she'll be bucking the trend.
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