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Curly braces are a very uncommon piece of punctuation outside of math and programming. If you picked a person at random, they will find "curly brace" (and inde
by 7bees 4mo ago
Curly braces are a very uncommon piece of punctuation outside of math and programming. If you picked a person at random, they will find "curly brace" (and indeed, "square bracket") much clearer and less ambiguous. Doubly so when accounting for variations between British and American English.
- 1718627440 4mo agoCurly braces are a very uncommon piece of punctuation outside of math and programming. They are used, but they do not occur in linear text, but as a way to group multiple lines or in an ornamental/page structuring way.