Do You Put Nicknames In Quotes Or Parentheses?
Do You Put Nicknames In Quotes Or Parentheses? Parentheses often go around nicknames, as in “legendary football coach Paul (Bear) Bryant.” Most style guides, though, including that of The Associated Press (AP) and The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) prefer quotation marks instead of parentheses around nicknames. How do you indicate a nickname in writing?