Monocytes move to sites of infection and signal the immune system that a response is needed and are responsible for eliminating foreign substances. The absolute monocytes blood test measures the percentage of monocytes in relation to all white blood cells.
Parentheses are a pair of curved marks that you put around words or numbers to indicate that they are additional, separate, or less important. (This sentence is in parentheses.) 2.
Example: (Dickens 25). 1  If you can work the author's name into the text, you don't need to repeat it in the parenthetical citation; just include the page number. 2  Example: As Dickens famously wrote, ... ( 3 25). 4  If the work in question has multiple authors, list them all in the parenthetical citation or in the text.