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When referring to decades, there is no apostrophe, i.e. Knightmare ran in the 80s and 90s rather than 80's and 90's.

Who wrote the press statement and where did you get it from? I can't find it on the Televirtual website.

I'm not sure whether you're legally allowed the alter their statement, but you could put a (sp) after it I guess....problem with that is it makes them sound uneducated which is clearly not the case as they invented Knightmare!

After thought: Only I can write a 3 paragraph essay about a minor point!
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I have to admit I'm about as into grammar as you are too!
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I'm probably even worse (or better, depending on your point of view...).

I once had a long discussion/argument with my English teacher on whether an exclamation mark within brackets at the end of a sentence should be followed by a full stop; whether, for example, the full stop at the end of the following sentence should be omitted:

Mr. Blunkett said that the government was treating asylum seekers appropriately (if you believe that you'll believe anything!).
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Hmmm...that's an interesting one. I'm not completely convinced that the exclamation mark should be there at all because the brackets are part of the sentence. I would avoid the issue altogether and write:

"Mr. Blunkett said that the government was treating asylum seekers appropriately: if you believe that you'll believe anything!"

I like it when you have brackets within brackets. Should you have consecutive brackets if that's the case?

Mr. Blunkett said that the government was treating asylum seekers appropriately (if you believe that you'll believe anything (and probably voted for Labour)).
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I'd do this:

"Mr. Blunkett said that the government were treating asylum seekers properly (and if you believed that, you'd believe anything {and probably voted for Labour!})."
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Hmmm...that's an interesting one. I'm not completely convinced that the exclamation mark should be there at all because the brackets are part of the sentence. I would avoid the issue altogether and write:

"Mr. Blunkett said that the government was treating asylum seekers appropriately: if you believe that you'll believe anything!"

I like it when you have brackets within brackets. Should you have consecutive brackets if that's the case?

Mr. Blunkett said that the government was treating asylum seekers appropriately (if you believe that you'll believe anything (and probably voted for Labour)).
The colon solution for the first problem seems best. Seomthing similar for the second would probably be good too. To be honest, if you need two sets of brackets in a sentence which isn't mathematical or technical, you probably need to go back and simplify it. Break it into pieces. :)
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In reply to the former of Tom's two solutions: you should definitely not use a colon. A semicolon would be fine.
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I agree. I like semi-colons. Can't think what came over me....maybe a random shift?
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