Parentheses and Brackets

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• How does one enclose the final punctuation? Do you put a period inside or outside the parentheses?
• What are parentheses?
• When would you use parentheses vs. brackets?
• When to use dashes and parentheses? Sometimes it seems like they can both be uses for the same purpose.
• What is the difference between brackets and parentheses? Are they British and American versions of the same thing?
• Is it correct to put brackets inside of brackets in a sentence? For example: (writing (here))
• When do I use brackets? Is it supposed to be like me replacing "she" and "I" and "me" to make it fit my tense? Did I use them correctly below?
• If I finish a sentence with a bracket should the full stop be inside or outside the bracket? For example, is it .) or ).
• What is the difference between dashes and brackets? Why use brackets over dashes?
• What do brackets around the first letter of a sentence mean? Sometimes I will see a sentence like this: [T]he dog was said to have been... What do the brackets indicate?
• Why are there brackets around some words in articles? Why, in articles, are there brackets around certain words, when the sentence would otherwise make no sense?
• What is the name of the citation style that uses square brackets in superscript? Wikipedia uses this style - are there any other papers, journals or institutions recommending it?
• What is the difference between using brackets [ ] { }and parentheses ( ) in languages? For example, "I was walking along the road (the one leading to the dock) when I met an old man." Would it matter if you used [ ] or { } instead of the ( ) ?
• Is there is another word for parentheses or brackets? For some reason, I think it starts with the letter g.
• Why are brackets used in writing?
• I've read multiple sentences, mostly from articles that quote someone or thing, in which something is said and then a word is in brackets. For example: "And then [she] said..." Why do people do this and what does it mean?
• How do you use parentheses correctly?
• Why are parentheses used in quotes?
• Why are parentheses used in grammar?
• What do parentheses mean in math?
• How do you say the word, "parentheses"?
• How do you spell "parentheses"?
• How do you use parentheses to cite references?
• How can parentheses be used?
• How do you use parentheses in a sentence?
• How do you use parentheses on iphone calculator?
• Why are parentheses used in functions in excel?
• Why is my accounting balance in parentheses?