: Re: Is it OK to use a single parenthesis after each number in a list? Several times I've seen lists formatted like this: My parenthetical pet peeves: 1) Referring to a single parenthesis

@Frith254

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If it is ok for your personal style (or specified company style) than yes, it is. Otherwise leave it.

As I have learned it in school (and I'm from Germany so it does not refer directly to English), periods were used for numbers, parentheses for letters:

Point one is divided into the subpoints a), b) and c)
a) This is a subitem
b) This is the next
c) (You will never figure out this one)
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I could imagine that it started in English the same way and got mixed up during time (like it is in German). I see rarely a., b. and c. but it also happens. Again, a matter of personal style.

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