However all of them positive. Panama, because of all the influence the US presence in its history, looks and feels more than a US city. You'll find bigger roads, more similarities in the infrastructures, taller buildings, etc. Costa Rica is more a typical Latin American city.
In a sentence containing a parenthetical expression, any punctuation belonging to the main sentence goes outside the parentheses. Incorrect: It was a real heat wave (five days over 100!) Correct: It was a real heat wave (five days over 100)! Correct: We saw Jerry, Ed (Tom's brother), and Julius there last night.
You may want to review episode 222 in which we compared parentheses to dashes and commas. For now, letâs just say that parentheses mainly enclose information that is not vital to a sentence. No matter what you put within parentheses, your sentence must still make sense if you delete them and everything inside.