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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
I'm surprised you would harp on this. It's not wrong to put it in parenthesis, even if it would make sense without them.
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Okay, so they could be used there, but unless presumably and rhetorical are both midifiers for question they would not seperated by a comma. We know that this is not the case since it would make no sense and because presumably is an adverb of manner which cannot modify a noun. You could argue that since "presumably" can be removed from the sentance without affecting structure it can be separated by commas. However, I don't believe that modifiers are to be considered parenthetical appositives, becuase if they were, they'd be confused with coordinate adjectives.
I guess that's just me being perspicacious begotten by perspicaciousness. Enough being a sesquipedalian, it is time to go back to being less tenacious and diligent about proofreading, to stop being magniloquent, and to start eschewing obfuscation.
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