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The draft previous version of the GOV.AU Content Guide. We have moved:
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Guidance on when to use brackets #125

Closed joolswood closed 7 years ago

joolswood commented 8 years ago

What do you need?

Guidance on when to use brackets (especially in cases where commas are an option too). Asked by Matthew McCarthy.

Which entry/section is this related to?

http://content-style-guide.apps.staging.digital.gov.au/az-indexes/p.html#punctuation http://content-style-guide.apps.staging.digital.gov.au/az-indexes/c.html#commas

joolswood commented 8 years ago

We should also do a related entry for 'parentheses'

joolswood commented 8 years ago

Libby to do some desktop research.

libbyv commented 8 years ago

AA to check how screen readers respond. IE whether it's better to use brackets over a set of commas. Possibly yes.

AndrewArch commented 7 years ago

Screen readers pause ever so slightly when they encounter a comma (like we do when we read aloud). However, they announce the opening and closing of brackets (and the type of bracket) when they encounter these - so a slight disruption to the reading flow like it is visually. my take - use brackets sparingly.

joolswood commented 7 years ago

https://github.com/govau/content-guide/issues/47