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Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

Edit: A little background on my question may be in order. According to most, if not all, online references I could find, a comma is required after the year when writing a date in the above American style. For example, from Wikipedia: "most style manuals, including The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook, recommend that the year be treated as a parenthetical, requiring a second comma after it." See also, Chicago Manual of Style Online, the Language Portal of the Canadian Government, and Wikipedia's own style guide.

I couldn't find a reference for how to punctuate serial parentheticals.

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

Edit: A little background on my question may be in order. According to most, if not all, online references I could find, a comma is required after the year when writing a date in the above American style. For example, from Wikipedia: "most style manuals, including The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook, recommend that the year be treated as a parenthetical, requiring a second comma after it." See also, Chicago Manual of Style Online, the Language Portal of the Canadian Government, and Wikipedia's own style guide.

I couldn't find a reference for how to punctuate serial parentheticals.

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Punctuating a double parenthetical How do you punctuate around parentheses?

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

Punctuating a double parenthetical

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

How do you punctuate around parentheses?

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

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