Equipping Professionals to be Effective Communicators
Equipping Professionals to be Effective Communicators
Equipping Professionals to be Effective Communicators
Equipping Professionals to be Effective Communicators

Communication Tip #33

n honor of National Punctuation Day (September 24th), here are two uses for brackets:

  • to change a word in a quote for clarification purposes:  “[Punctuation marks] tell the reader how to hum the tune.”(1)
  • as parentheses within parentheses: The life-changing punctuation document (covered with dust in the [dilapidated] historical museum) is worth scrutinizing.

Happy punctuating!  ?{;<(./:),!

(1) Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

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