<p>(This is the proper way to use parentheses in English.)</p>
<p>( Not like this.)</p>
<p>( This isn't right either. )</p>
<p>(But this is bliss.)</p>
<p>now that you’ve said this, things will be different</p>
<p>I know, right?</p>
<p>( Wrong. )</p>
<p>Why does it bother you so much? ( Maybe people enjoy pressing the space bar an extra couple of times. )</p>
<p>Other things bother me far more. I just decided to pick on this issue for now ( I think you know what I mean).</p>
<p>I actually do know what you mean. I hate when people do the same thing with quotes.</p>
<p>Thank you! It is about time someone points out the beauty of punctuation.</p>
<p>The period should be on the outside if they’re part of a sentence (like this).</p>
<p>^Correct. I thought about that in my original post, but those were all “sentences” by themselves. That was part of the idea behind post #6.</p>