Which sentence is correct?
Version #1
A small number of users takes home the lion’s share of the profits (spoiler: it’s not all due to insider trading).
Version #2
A small number of users takes home the lion’s share of the profits. (Spoiler: it’s not all due to insider trading.)
My instincts tell me that version #2 is better, because the period breaks up the two points and thus is cleaner. I asked my colleague Paul Stregevsky, who agreed:
“Version 2 is the only version that is correct. When the parentheses hold an entire clause, the parentheses must be preceded by a period, and the parenthetical clause must have its own period, within the parentheses.”
Parentheses and Periods
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Jonathan Rick
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Labels: Parentheses
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