Assuming that 50% of the readers of this blog are teachers of English, can either of you enlighten me on the following points? They are keeping me awake at night. When writing a sentence between parentheses, should one put the full stop (period for you yanks) inside the brackets, outside the brackets, or both? In the following sentence, should a question mark be placed after the word "why", or at the end of the sentence? Why is a different, trickier question When the bloody hell should one hyphenate? Does the employment of an exclamation mark enhance or neutralise the comic impact of a sentence? I look forward to your interaction.
Wistful reflections, petty glories.