Advanced Rules: Parentheses Puzzles

Rule 1: Parentheses are not just for enclosing, they are for making statements that are not necessarily true. Example: "It's not like it's a rule or anything."

Rule 2: Parentheses are for adding emphasis

When you want to stress a point, use parentheses, because who doesn't love a good stress?

Example 2: The Parentheses Puzzle Party Example 3: The Elusive Parentheses of Power

Example 1: The Simple Parentheses Puzzle

Find the missing parentheses in the following sentence:

(It's not a) (your) job to (clean) (up) (the) (mess) (you) (made)