Talk:Scythley

Parentheses
In response to Storyseeker1's edit summary: You only use when you're explaining something out of context. You don't put it in a separate sentence.


 * Actually, I believe the rule is that if what is inside the parentheses is a complete sentence--like "Few Telmarines at this time believed in Old Narnians."-- then it should be treated like a complete sentence. For example, in "Aravis' best friend was named Lasaraleen Tarkheena (also known as Las)," 'also known as Las' isn't a complete sentence, and so it doesn't need a capital letter and period. If I said instead "Aravis' best friend was named Lasaraleen Tarkheena. (Aravis called her Las.)" then 'Aravis called her Las' is a complete, separate sentence and should be treated as one. For another example in published writing, see the first page of LWW, where Lewis writes "(Their names were Ivy, Margaret and Betty, but they do not come into this story much.)" Does that sound right to you, or am I misremembering the rule? Lasaraleen Tarkheena (talk) 00:00, February 28, 2013 (UTC)

[Shrugs] I don't know what to tell you. I did an English grammar course once, and that's not how I was taught. I used the same technique a couple of times, and each time the teacher said no.    Storyseeker1 (talk) 17:09, February 28, 2013 (UTC)