Question

Parkour is an exhilarating, yet sometimes dangerous, sport.



Why are commas, rather than dashes or parentheses, used in this sentence?





A.

Commas are being used to set off an appositive.


B.

Commas are being used to set off a clause using which, who, whom, or whose.


C.

Commas are being used to set off a longer or less-related parenthetical aside.


D.

Commas are being used to set off a brief, closely-related aside.

Answer 1

D.

Commas are being used to set off a brief, closely-related aside.
^ I believe.

Answer 2

When working with additional information in a sentence, when should dashes be used instead of commas or parentheses?



A.

A dash is always used when renaming a noun.


B.

A dash is used to continue the flow of a complex sentence.


C.

A dash is used to set off a relatively important aside in a way that grabs the reader's attention.


D.

A dash is used in formal writing to set off less important background information.