How to Use Parentheses in Titles

By Society & Culture & Entertainment Last updated Monday, April/15/2024

1). Include parentheses in titles to set off dates such as the birth and death year of a person when writing biography or the period a history book covers. For example, Modern China (1912 - 2010).
2). Use parentheses in titles to add a clause or side-note. The parentheses enclose additional information that could be removed from the title without ing its informational value. Do not add any information to the title that is not necessary or it will become unwieldy.
3). Replace a "dash" with parentheses in titles where there isn't room for the longer dash. "Em" dashes are used to add a clause and they work well when there is a comma in the clause. However, they take up more room than parentheses.