{"id":251,"date":"2024-05-28T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftcheckdevv.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2024-09-24T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:23:11","slug":"making-documents-perfect-proofreading-tips-and-checklist-tip-13-identify-unmatched-parentheses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/making-documents-perfect-proofreading-tips-and-checklist-tip-13-identify-unmatched-parentheses","title":{"rendered":"Making Documents Perfect &#8211; Proofreading Tips and Checklist Tip #13: Identify Unmatched Parentheses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Person pointing to Draftcheck identifying punctuation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2-848x848.png 848w, https:\/\/www.draftcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/My-first-design-2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may think you defined or quoted something, but then maybe you didn't?Unmatched parentheses are so common in legal documents. 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