Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state/comment
{{#switch:{{{comment|}}}
|acidic = (an acidic oxide)
|mildly acidic = (a mildly acidic oxide)
|strongly acidic= (a strongly acidic oxide)
|amphoteric = (an amphoteric oxide)
|basic = (a basic oxide)
|weakly basic = (a weakly basic oxide)
|mildly basic = (a mildly basic oxide)
|strongly basic = (a strongly basic oxide)
|parenthesized = ({{engvar|defaultWord=parenthesized |defaultLang=en-US |engvar={{{engvar|}}} |en-GB=brackets |en-OED=brackets | engvarCat=no}}: prediction)
|predicted = (predicted)
|strongly basic expected = (expected to have a strongly basic oxide)
|oxidizes oxygen= (oxidizes oxygen)
|depending = (depending on the oxidation state, an acidic, basic, or amphoteric oxide)
|rarely non-0, weakly acidic = (rarely more than 0; a weakly acidic oxide)
|rarely non-0, unk oxide = (rarely more than 0; oxide is unknown)
|#default = {{{comment|}}}
}}