Comments on: Parentheses http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/uncategorized/parentheses/ The #1 Grammar & Punctuation Resource on the Internet! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jane http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/uncategorized/parentheses/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Jane Tue, 26 May 2009 19:21:09 +0000 http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=59#comment-984 I can see your point; however, I think that if we type numerals such as $500, we may make an error and not catch it. So writing the number out makes sense. The reason for writing the number out on a check is to ensure that the recipient of the check does not change or add any numerals. I can see your point; however, I think that if we type numerals such as $500, we may make an error and not catch it. So writing the number out makes sense. The reason for writing the number out on a check is to ensure that the recipient of the check does not change or add any numerals.

]]> By: Sheldon http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/uncategorized/parentheses/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Sheldon Tue, 26 May 2009 18:18:11 +0000 http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=59#comment-983 Rule: Use parentheses to enclose words or figures that clarify or are used as an aside. Example: I expect five hundred dollars ($500). How does the example clarify anything? Either expression is quite clear by itself. If I say "Send it to me in ten days" - or "Send it to me in 10 days" is it possible that someone would think I meant eleven (11) days? The accepted practice of writing an amount on a check in both words and digits illustrates the fallacy of the argument. The more complex the number, the greater the chance that the person writing it will make a mistake. I suspect that in most cases, the amount written in digits will be correct. If the logic is valid, we would write December (twelfth month) 17 (seventeenth), 2009 (two thousand nine). Rule: Use parentheses to enclose words or figures that clarify or are used as an aside.

Example: I expect five hundred dollars ($500).

How does the example clarify anything? Either expression is quite clear by itself. If I say “Send it to me in ten days” - or “Send it to me in 10 days” is it possible that someone would think I meant eleven (11) days?

The accepted practice of writing an amount on a check in both words and digits illustrates the fallacy of the argument. The more complex the number, the greater the chance that the person writing it will make a mistake. I suspect that in most cases, the amount written in digits will be correct.

If the logic is valid, we would write December (twelfth month) 17 (seventeenth), 2009 (two thousand nine).

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