Mark Goldman wrote:
nitpicky detail:
() <- Parenthesis {} <- Braces [] <- Brackets
Sorry to be pedantic, but using the wrong terminology confuses me and I'm sure others as well.
Being pedantic can be fun :) The Macquarie Dictionary, which is the official dictionary in Australia, says that () are brackets. It says that they are "also called" parentheses or a "round bracket", if you need to distinguish between them and square brackets [], curly brackets {}, or angle brackets <>, and the definition for parenthesis is "the upright brackets ()". Also, I believe, UK English (and International English) uses the term brackets that way, but I'd have to check online to make sure; I don't have a UK dictionary on me right this minute. Cheers, Daniel. -- /\/`) http://oooauthors.org /\/_/ http://opendocumentfellowship.org /\/_/ \/_/ I am not over-weight, I am under-tall. /