Do you mean brackets or do you mean parentheses ()? If parentheses, then you use end punctuation (a period or a question mark) within the parentheses only the whole sentence is enclosed. Otherwise, not. For brackets, normally, you use punctuation

Could someone help me with this? 1 I restored factory setting so the computer is the same as when it came out of the store. This is okay, but "settings" is more common. 2 Every woman has occasion when she wants to look her best. Use

No. 1 M: Where's the stack of folders that was/were on my desk? -- by itself, "on my desk" implies that the folders are on the desk now (and not in the cabinet). In conversation, many people would say "were" rather

I don't believe I've ever heard this one! Well, I think there may be some differences here -- I was a bit puzzled actually by your question mark against For days I have been willing it to be true. To me, this sentence is OK. Kind of

Yes. In fact, I prefer the sentence without that comma.* While we're talking about punctuation, your question isn't punctuated correctly. You are joining two independent clauses with a comma. This is known as a "comma

Good opening sentence, but I would cut it in half. Example: These television programs are about surviving in the wild with little or no food, fresh water, or even shelter. (notice that a comma is not necessary after the word wild). It's up to

Something I've been thinking about. Clearly we started with spoken language. Writing, in its various forms was invented as a way of rendering in symbols, using various systems, the spoken word. As those systems developed, though, it is clear

I think I'd leave out the quotation marks and add question marks too: Anna sat on the rock and stared out to sea. Would John love this view in the same way that she did? It was too bad that she only had dull Kevin with whom to share the

Somehow I miss the logic in this. If they are non-rhotic then of course the postvowelic R is a vowel, what else? But many of your readers *are* rhotic and interpret -er or -ar or -or to mean something quite different. Yes, that's what I meant.

Tony Cooper wrote on 31 May 2004: How can mistakes be incorrigible? Their maker is too stupid to understand how to correct them. Want a second shot at that? No. I don't need to take writing lessons from you. You might want to aim at the maker