Proper punctuation for parentheses [duplicate]

Question

Possible Duplicate:
Is there any rule for the placement of space after and before parenthesis?

Should you put a space in between the outside of parentheses and punctuation?

Answer 1

Inside Spacing

You should not use parentheses incorrectly ( like this ), you should use them correctly (like this).

Full Parenthetical Sentence

(When writing a full sentence, put the final punctuation inside the closing parenthesis.)

Outside spacing

You should not use parentheses incorrectly (like this) , but rather correctly (like this), with no space before the comma.