Lee Goddard wrote:
> Did/do you say braces or square brackets?
> Did you specify the style of parenthesis:
> looked to me like the significance was as
> implicit in your sentence as mine.
>
> How about:
>
> () - plain/round parenthesis/brackets
> [] - square parenthesis/brackets
> {} - curly parenthesis/brackets, set delimiters (maybe not)
> <> - angle brackets; greater-/less-than
>
> Really, though, bull aside, do you Yankees really
> think () are not brackets? Or [] aren't?
Dictionary definitions are indented after each symbol pair:
() parentheses (parens for short)
1. Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark
off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or
enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated
as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.
{} braces
3. Chiefly British. Suspenders.
14. Mathematics. Either of a pair of symbols, { }, used to indicate
aggregation or to clarify the grouping of quantities when
parentheses and square brackets have already been used.
Brackets:
[] brackets (or square brackets)
4. a. A square bracket.
<> angle brackets
4. b. An angle bracket.
5. Chiefly British. One of a pair of parentheses.
Apparently the Brits call all of these brackets, but that makes it
kinda hard to tell which you're talking about doesn't it. :)
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