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....a pair of marks, ( ) placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics." The New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998 Edn., gives the meaning and use of Parenthesis as: "Parenthesis.-noun (pl. parentheses) a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writi....

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....and grammatically complete without it. A parenthesis may be marked off by commas, dashes or brackets. The degree of interruption of the main sentence may vary from the almost imperceptible one of explanatory words in apposition, to the violent one of a separate sentence complete in itself." The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines "parenthesis" as follows: "1 a : an amplifying or....