Using Parentheses

According to APA style, it is correct to use parentheses to set off structurally independent elements.

The patterns were significant (see Figure 5).

(When a complete sentence is enclosed in parentheses, place punctuation in the sentence inside the parentheses, like this.) If only part of a sentence is enclosed in parentheses (like this), place punctuation outside the parentheses (like this).

(adapted from the fifth edition of APA's Publication Manual, © 2001)

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