A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. The matched pair may be described as opening and closing, or left and right symbols. 

Forms include round (also called "parentheses"), square, curly (also called "braces"), and angle brackets (also called "chevrons"); and various other pairs of symbols. 

In addition to referring to the class of all types of brackets, the unqualified word "bracket" is most commonly used to refer to a specific type of bracket: in modern American usage this is usually the square bracket and in modern British usage this is usually the round bracket. 

Chevrons were the earliest type of bracket to appear in written English. Desiderius Erasmus coined the term "lunula" to refer to the rounded parentheses (), recalling the shape of the crescent moon. 

Some of the following names are regional or contextual. 

The characters ‹ › and « », known as guillemets or "angular quote brackets", are actually quotation mark glyphs used in several European languages. Which one of each pair is the opening quote mark and which is the closing quote varies between languages. 

In English, typographers generally prefer to not set brackets in italics, even when the enclosed text is italic. However, in other languages like German, if brackets enclose text in italics, they are usually set in italics too. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the first type of brackets to be used in written English?
2. What were the first form of brackets that were used in written English called?
3. What name does the earliest type of brackets go by?
Q2:
1. Who coined the term 'lunula'?
2. Who came up with the name 'lunula' for brackets?
3. Who named a type of brackets 'lunula'?
Q3:
1. What punctuation mark did the word 'lunula' refer to?
2. What punctuation symbol was 'lunula' used for?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Desiderius Erasmus think the rounded parentheses resembled?
2. Desiderius Erasmus thought the rounded parentheses resembled what?
3. What did the rounded parentheses resemble according to Desiderius Erasmus?
Q5:
1. How many different types of brackets exist?
2. How many types of brackets are there?
3. What number of different brackets are out there?
Q6:
1. What is a type of bracket?
2. What is an example of a type of bracket?
3. Give an example of a kind of bracket?
Q7:
1. In modern American language, what does a bracket refer to usually?
2. What type of bracket is normally referred to in modern American language?
3. Modern American language noramlly employs what type of bracket?
Q8:
1. In British, what does a bracket refer to usually?
2. In British, what type of bracket is normally used?
3. The current British language noramlly employs what type of bracket?
Q9:
1. What other name are guillemets known by?
2. Guillemets are known by what other term?
3. What are guillemets also known as?
Q10:
1. English typographers mostly do not prefer doing what?
2. What do English typographers not like doing?
3. What do typographers not like doing in English?
