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21.8.2 BracketsBrackets are most often used in quotations, to indicate changes made to a quoted passage (see25.3 for examples). They can also be used to enclose a second layer of parenthetical materialwithin parentheses.He agrees with the idea that childhood has a history (first advanced by Philippe Ariès [1914–84] in his bookCenturies of Childhood [1962]).21.9 SlashesThe forward slash is used in a few contexts, such as fractions (see 23.1.3) and quotations ofpoetry (see 25.2.1). Single and double slashes, as well as backward slashes, appear in URLsand other electronic identifiers (see 20.4.2).21.10 Quotation MarksFor the use of quotation marks in quoted material, see 25.2.1. For use in titles and otherspecial situations, see 22.3.2. For use in citations, see 16.1.4 and 18.1.4.Some fields—linguistics, philosophy, and theology, for example—use single quotationmarks to set off words and concepts. The closing quotation mark should precede a comma orperiod in this case (see 21.11.1).kami ‘hair, beard’The variables of quantification, ‘something’, ‘nothing’, . . .In most other fields, follow the guidelines in 22.2.2 for using quotation marks and italics withdefinitions of terms.21.11 Multiple Punctuation MarksThe guidelines given throughout this chapter sometimes call for the use of two punctuationmarks together—for example, a period and a closing parenthesis. The guidelines belowgovern the omission of one of the marks and the order of the marks when both are used.21.11.1 Omission of Punctuation MarksExcept for ellipses, never use two periods together, as when a period in an abbreviation ends asentence. Keep the abbreviation period when a sentence ends with a question mark or anexclamation point.The exchange occurred at 5:30 p.m.www.itpub.net