No. Typically, you will only put ending punctuation (in this case, a period) if the sentence within the parentheses is a complete sentence.
If one or more sentences are between parentheses, then put the period or other final punctuation between the parentheses: Always thank the bellboy. (Usually you should also tip him.) Otherwise put the period or other final punctuation outside the final parenthesis: Always thank the bellboy (and any other staff who has aided you). The period or other final punctuation belongs to the sentence as a whole. If the entire sentence is within parentheses, naturally that includes the final punctuation. If the parentheses enclose only part of sentence, naturally the final punctuation goes outside.
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Brackets.
Brackets are basically the same as parentheses. If they are inside of parentheses, then you simplify that term before anything else. If they are outside of parentheses, then you simplify the terms in the parentheses first and then the term within the brackets.
put it outside.
No. Typically, you will only put ending punctuation (in this case, a period) if the sentence within the parentheses is a complete sentence.
Periods should typically go on the outside of parentheses. However, if the entire sentence is contained within the parentheses, then the period should go inside.
A period would go inside parentheses to finish a complete sentence, but you always need sentence-ending punctuation outside of the parentheses.
before, (like this).
In American English, periods typically go inside parentheses when the parenthetical phrase is a complete sentence. In British English, periods go outside parentheses unless they are part of the parenthetical sentence.
Write your sentence (then your parenthetical). Use the same punctuation inside the parentheses as you would outside of them and end the sentence with an ending punctuation mark (period).
Outside. (But if the entire sentence is a parenthetical like this one, it would go inside.)
The comma typically goes before the parentheses if it is part of the main sentence. If the parentheses contain a complete sentence, the period or other punctuation mark will typically go inside the parentheses.
After you factor out the GCF, you will have as many as terms inside the parentheses as you had before.
No, there is no space between the parentheses and the word or words inside them.
The entire sentence should be in parentheses, however the portion that is, should contain a period outside of the parentheses.