John Kane Kingston ON Canada
> -----Original Message----- > From: s.elli...@lgcgroup.com > Sent: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:17:59 +0000 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Make a box-whiskers plot in R with 5 variables, color > coded. > >> It is clear that a ) although is a type of bracket it is called a >> parenthesis, just as , >> is called a comma, which is a type of punctuation mark. > > These things are called parentheses because of what they do, not what > they are. > A parenthesis is any word or phrase inserted as an explanation or > afterthought into text that would be is grammatically complete without > it, usually bounded by punctuation. The bounding punctuation marks are > then called parentheses, and can be round, square, or curly brackets, > dashes, or just commas. > > So (), [], {}, - ... - and , ... , are _all_ pairs of parentheses in > grammatical usage. > > Three of them are also kinds of bracket, but not the only kinds. > > There's a disturbingly extensive article on it at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Names_for_various_bracket_symbols I have lived next door to the USA for most of my life and never realized that American usage is 'brackets' for [ ] . I would use the term brackets in normal use for ( ) and "square brackets for [ ]. > > which suggests to me that the terms are unlikely to be standardised > quickly. > > Steve E I am not expecting standardization any time this year. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.