Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

Use it instead of punctuation :-) Then start the new sentence like this with a capitalized letter.<p>I still haven&#x27;t figured out how to use it inside of parenthesis, so I try to avoid doing so.

You have <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;english.stackexchange.com&#x2F;</a> for questions such as this. Search for &quot;emoticon&quot; there.

Also relevant: can an emoticon count as a close paren? (wink :-) or (wink :-)).

Before. :)<p>(but if you use parens, make sure to add a last word ;) right?)

thanks guys&#x2F;gals :)