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Is it correct? Strictly speaking, it's not wrong, but it's really hard to hear someone saying a parenthesis. Is it usual? No. In fact, I can't remember ever seeing it. Is it understandable? I gue...
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2019-12-13T12:00:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T03:16:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Is it correct? Strictly speaking, it's not _wrong_, but it's really hard to hear someone saying a parenthesis. Is it usual? No. In fact, I can't remember ever seeing it. Is it understandable? I guess, although I would do a massive double take and think that the author was being too bookish. Are there alternatives? Yes. I'd use M-dashes, commas, or stage business as noted in Seth Gordon's answer.
#1: Imported from external source
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2013-12-27T00:50:23Z (almost 11 years ago)
Original score: 9