Parentheses may be used in formal writing to add supplementary information, such as “Sen. Parentheses (singular, parenthesis)-sometimes called round brackets, curved brackets, oval brackets, or just brackets, or, colloquially, parens - contain material that could be omitted without destroying or altering the meaning of a sentence. In more formal usage “ parenthesis” may refer to the entire bracketed text, not just to the punctuation marks used (so all the text in this set of round brackets may be said to be a parenthesis).
In American usage parentheses are usually considered separately from other brackets, and calling them “brackets” at all is unusual even though they serve a similar function. In modern American usage this is usually the square bracket whereas in modern British usage it is usually the parenthesis (round bracket).
In addition to referring to the class of all types of brackets the unqualified word bracket is most commonly used to refer to a specific type of bracket. Desiderius Erasmus coined the term lunula to refer to the rounded parentheses (), recalling the round shape of the moon. The angle bracket was the earliest type to appear in English. 2.1.4 Angle brackets, diamond brackets or chevrons 〈 〉.2.1.2 Box brackets or square brackets.
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