The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoNew names are hard, ok?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down13
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minus-squarefunkajunk 🇨🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoIf you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses. e.g. The dildo was menacing and enormous (likely the biggest I have ever used [nearly 4 feet]).
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI had not heard of this before. Usually those are used when adding text to a quote for clarification. Is this mainly a British English thing?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agofootnotes1. 1gotta use2 2go3tcha 3 better footnotes
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoNah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThank you. I think I have it now.
If you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses.
e.g.
I had not heard of this before. Usually those are used when adding text to a quote for clarification. Is this mainly a British English thing?
footnotes1.
1gotta use2
2go3tcha
3 better footnotes
Nah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
Thank you. I think I have it now.