Parentheses de-emphasize the words they contain, which often take the form of an afterthought or aside:
An important afterthought, however, should be preceded by a dash or other mark of punctuation:
In transcripts, use parentheses to enclose information on one of the speakers:
Parentheses should not alter the flow of the sentence in which they are inserted; the rest of the sentence should make sense if the parenthetic element is removed. The following is incorrect:
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