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Brackets

Brackets can be used to add additional information to a sentence.

Without brackets: Albert the alien was in charge of the wrecking ball.

With brackets: Albert the alien (who had no training) was in charge of the wrecking ball.

The sentence has to make sense without the words inside the brackets, it's just a bit more interesting with the added detail.

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