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QuizMultiple Choice

Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 10 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006P

Which is the best use of punctuation?

Answer
A
Pole vaulting—and shot put—are Olympic track and field events.
B
The Industrial Revolution (a period between 1750 and 1850) brought many changes to manufacturing.
C
Students will study economics, and history throughout the course.
D
The show (was a spectacular event) that people will remember for many subsequent years.

Explanation

B correctly uses parentheses to set off extra information explaining the Industrial Revolution; the sentence still reads smoothly without that phrase. In C, the comma incorrectly separates “economics” from “and history,” which are joined as items in a series. A’s dashes interrupt the subject awkwardly, and D’s parentheses break up the sentence’s main structure.

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