Why is the ( ) mandatory in the SQL statement select * from gifts INNER JOIN sentgifts using (giftID

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Why is the ( ) mandatory in the SQL statement

select * from gifts INNER JOIN sentgifts using (giftID); 

? The ( ) usually is for specifying grouping of something. But in this case, are we supposed to be able to use 2 or more field names... in the example above, it can be all clear that it is 1 field, is it just that the parser is not made to bypass the ( ) when it is all clear? (such as in the language Ruby).

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