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Brackets? That's easy! Just use parentheses instead! I guess you mean parentheses. Perhaps I am unaware of some meaning of brackets, that also describes parenth
by zelphirkalt 2y ago
Brackets? That's easy! Just use parentheses instead!
I guess you mean parentheses. Perhaps I am unaware of some meaning of brackets, that also describes parentheses, but afaik parentheses are different from brackets.
- dasyatidprime 2y agoUK English mostly treats unadorned “bracket” as referring to (), in fact, as opposed to US English which more often treats it as referring to [].
- para_parolu 2y agoIn Russian words parentheses, brackets and braces are represented by the same word with modifier (round, square, figure, etc) I always have problem when speaking English because can’t remember which one is which.
- zem 2y agoin commonwealth english () are "brackets" and everything else gets the shape modifier
- zelphirkalt 2y agoIn German the same happens: "runde Klammern" for (), "eckige Klammern" for [], and "geschweifte Klammern" for {}. Although when you say only "Klammern" people usually understand (), because that is what is often used in texts. This translates well: runde Klammern --> parentheses, eckige Klammern --> brackets, geschweifte Klammern --> braces. As such, the US English understanding of the words is clearer to me, than a non-distinguishing understanding.