Timeline for What is the point of using parentheses around only part of a word?
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| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:47 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'll be fine once the meds kick in, dockeryZ. @Renee - following your (minimally) clarifying edit, I've retracted my closevote. Your specific example is probably some kind of joke, but if it's from this Chinese reality TV (show? movie?) as listed on IMDB, it might not really "mean" anything at all (I certainly don't get the joke). In other contexts it's as the usage in my initial comment, where the bracketed text is "optional", and may either add clarification, or (whimsically) present a slightly different meaning. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:33 | comment | added | dockeryZ | @FumbleFingers, lol, I meant the question that you asked me. I.E. the first comment of my answer. --> example(s) | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:25 | comment | added | dockeryZ | you should add that example to your question so FumbleFingers doesn't go into cardiac arrest. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:23 | comment | added | Renee | sorry about that...I saw someone type the phrase "mission (im)possible. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:22 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | But I'm not the OP! I'm just being whimsical for the sake of it - I don't really see why anyone would answer this question until we know what kinds of "bracketed parts of words" are being asked about here. It's not supposed to be a guessing game. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:20 | history | edited | dockeryZ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:19 | comment | added | dockeryZ | You have put an example in your question. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:19 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Whatever - I'm downvoting because although OP hasn't as yet given any examples, he does say part of a word rather than letter, so we've no reason to suppose my (semi-)facetious suggestion doesn't qualify. In which case neither dynamic nor supplemental letter would meet the requirement. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:18 | history | edited | dockeryZ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2015 at 1:10 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Can you provide a definition - or at least example(s) for this use of "supplemental letter"? To me it just means an additional missive (written communication, correspondence), alternatively expressed as supplementary letter. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 0:21 | history | answered | dockeryZ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |