Brackets are tall punctuation Punctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud marks used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. In the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language, "bracket" usually refers specifically to the "square" or "box" type;[1][2] in British usage, it normally refers to a parenthesis mark.
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List of types
- round brackets, open brackets, brackets (UK), or parentheses: ( )
- square brackets, closed brackets, or brackets (US): [ ]
- curly brackets, squiggly brackets, definite brackets, swirly brackets, birdie brackets, Scottish brackets, squirrelly brackets, braces, or gullwings(måsvinge!): { }
- angle brackets, triangular brackets, diamond brackets, tuples, or chevrons: ⟨ ⟩
- inequality signs: < >
- corner brackets: ⸤,⸥; ｢,｣
History
The chevron was the earliest type to appear in written English. Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus , sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic priest and theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late coined the term lunula to refer to the rounded parentheses (), recalling the round shape of the moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite[nb 4] and is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System relative to the size of its planet, a quarter the diameter of Earth and 1/81 its mass, and is the second densest satellite after Io. It is in synchronous rotation with Earth, always.[3]
Usage
In addition to referring to the class of all types of brackets, the unqualified word bracket is most commonly used to refer to a specific type of bracket. In modern American usage this is usually the square bracket whereas in modern British usage it is usually the parenthesis (round bracket).
In American usage, parentheses are usually considered separately from other brackets, and calling them "brackets" at all is unusual even though they serve a similar function. In more formal usage "parenthesis In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses; from the Greek word grammatical connection, and from which it is usually marked off by round or square brackets, dashes, or commas according to the Oxford English Dictionary" may refer to the entire bracketed text, not just to the punctuation marks used (so all the text in this set of round brackets may be said to be a parenthesis In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses; from the Greek word grammatical connection, and from which it is usually marked off by round or square brackets, dashes, or commas according to the Oxford English Dictionary).
