The Picard ManeuverM to memes · 19 days agoNew names are hard, ok?imagemessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1884arrow-down111
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minus-squarefunkajunk 🇨🇦linkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·19 days 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-squarefinallymadeanaccountlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoThank you. I think I have it now.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddamlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agofootnotes1. 1gotta use2 2go3tcha 3 better footnotes
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoNah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days 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-squareTachyonTele_Esq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoIt’s professional writing. It’s like when people complain how titles have capital letters in them, is just a form of writing.
If you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses.
e.g.
Thank you. I think I have it now.
footnotes1.
1gotta use2
2go3tcha
3 better footnotes
Nah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
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?
It’s professional writing. It’s like when people complain how titles have capital letters in them, is just a form of writing.