• Zak8022@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I do this so much at work and have to constantly remind myself not to overdo it (otherwise people will think I’m crazy).

    • Alteon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’ve learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        But I’ve already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?

        • hayes_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Consider the humble “em dash” — some people use it to interject a completely different sentence in the middle of another — the next time you’re trying to avoid parentheses.

    • arkh2183@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Usually by my third edit I’m ready to send. Of course, by then I’ve begun to question if anyone is interested in my option anyway and why am I sending this email? They probably know all this already and I’m too stupid to have realized it.

    • sock@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      im like small sentence (heres some back story though (and some deeper context thats needed (also something vaguely related to thing))).

    • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.

      • Classy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they’re aesthetically pleasing, even if they’re often unnecessary.

  • Kuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Is this an adhd thing?! I haven’t been diagnosed but this community makes me think too many times “i thought it was just me”.

    Because of the tweet did i have to remove my bonus thought it felt unnatural in this context 😂

    Back on track: Sometimes do i want to add a parentes in a parents and it hurts every time.

    • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      No. A lot of “ADHD thing” tweets/memes are just quirks common across a wide spectrum of people. That they happen to also be common in those with ADHD is just coincidental.

      For parentheses specifically, it’s just a personal writing habit, and there are other ways to communicate “a thought followed by a bonus thought” without having to use them — hell, parenthetical clauses themselves don’t have to use them. Parentheses in particular are probably a result of some people being taught that “a sentence is a complete thought”, which is a nice description for someone just learning grammar, but also not actually true.