Have you ever wondered what sic means? Or how to use brackets? Or what ellipses are and how to use them? This month, I'm focusing on a few of these odds and ends that no one ever seems to talk about.

Adding extra information to a sentence (or paragraph) using brackets, dashes or commas. If you take it out again, the passage should still make grammatical sense. "The case was worn - and very full - ...

Parenthesis is adding extra information to a sentence using brackets, dashes or commas. This technique should be familiar to you as you will have studied it at 3rd level. Use this guide to revise and ...