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[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

If you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses.

e.g.

The dildo was menacing and enormous (likely the biggest I have ever used [nearly 4 feet]).

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

footnotes^1^.

^1^gotta use^2^

^2^go^3^tcha

^3^ better footnotes

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Thank you. I think I have it now.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

Nah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I had not heard of this before. Usually those are used when adding text to a quote for clarification. Is this mainly a British English thing?

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

It's professional writing. It's like when people complain how titles have capital letters in them, is just a form of writing.