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When to use commas and when to use brackets

Use commas when you want to add extra information to your sentence that has a natural direct connection to it.

  • My youngest child, Peter, is 15 years old this year.

Use brackets () when the information is unimportant but may help some readers.

  • The car was travelling at 60 kilometres (approximately 37 miles) per hour.