⚖️ Parentheticals in Supreme Court Writing ⚖️
What is the parenthetical's purpose in each sentence?
1. So, for example, Congress has always given federal courts power to decide "diversity" cases, between "citizens of different States" whose dispute involves more than a stated sum (the so-called amount-in-controversy).
2. Thompson did not argue that his alleged statement about "home improvement" was a true statement. See also Tr. of Oral Arg. 28 ("That is a false statement.").
3. The case now before us involves a particular type of public wastewater treatment, one that processes both wastewater (water that has been used in a home) and stormwater (rainwater that does not sink into the ground).
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4. Which of the following parentheticals is punctuated correctly?
5. Which of the following is punctuated correctly?
6. Which of the following is punctuated and formatted correctly?
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