| Rather than choosing one or two to list as a parenthetic citation in the text for each new piece of information, those that have been consulted are listed. |
| The fact that I still loved my husband I placed as a parenthetic consideration, in my plans. |
| Soon enough the bathers and sand castle construction teams faded, the beach widened to half a mile or so, and there were men flying enormous kites, their parenthetic shapes bracketing sections of blue sky. |
| If a parenthetic expression is preceded by a conjunction, place the first comma before the conjunction, not after it. |
| The parenthetic principle functions as appositional, alongside, but also foundational, rendering a more emphatic assertion unnecessary. |
| The em dash should be used to signify an abrupt change or to set apart parenthetic elements. |
