The mighty footnote is something most of us are familiar with. They haunt the bottom of textbooks. They tuck an author’s relevant anecdote to the bottom of the page.
Read MoreParentheses (aka round brackets) are easy enough to use in theory. Stick them around some words in the middle of a sentence and you’re good to go. But what about square brackets – what are they for? And where does other punctuation go when there are parentheses involved? Can you put parentheses inside other parentheses? What are the specialised uses?
If you’re the kind of nerd who stays up at night worrying about these things (and even if you’re not), worry no more! We’ve got you covered with this convenient crash course.