Punctuation
Which is correct? and why? And just 12 years to enter petaflop territory in 2008 (Roadrunner). or And just 12 years to enter petaflop territory in 2008 (Roadrunner.)
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Periods go outside the parens unless the contents of the parenthetical portion is a complete sentence that stands alone. If the parenthetical phrase just clarifies the sentence and becomes part of it, the period goes outside.
That said, what you have here isn't a normal sentence: It starts with "And," and it's missing the regular subject/verb construction.
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answered Nov 04 '12 at 06:20
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Thank you, hedlines!
add commentAgreed about the punctuation. Agreed about the missing subject -- all sentences must have a subject, so this must be considered a sentence fragment.
However -- as has been discussed here previously, the prohibition against starting sentences with And, But, or So is merely a myth. Please see the Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition, 2010, University of Chicago Press) and Garner's Modern American Usage (3rd edition, 2009, Oxford University Press) for a complete discussion of this issue.
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answered Nov 04 '12 at 08:33
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Thank you, Jeff!
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