Question

USING APOSTROPHES, HYPHENS, DASHES, BRACKETS, AND PARENTHESES CORRECTLY

Choose which of the following uses these marks of punctuation correctly.
a.
Freedom’s Journal (established in New York City in 1827) was the first newspaper in the United States published by African Americans.
c.
[Freedom’s Journal] established in New York City in 1827 was the first newspaper in the United States published by African Americans.
b.
Freedom’s Journal established in New York City (in 1827) was the first newspaper in the United States published by African Americans.
d.
Freedom’s Journal established in New York City in 1827 was the first newspaper in the United States published by African - Americans.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Answer 1

Eliminate choice C (there’s no reason to put brackets around the name of the journal)

Eliminate choice D (there’s no hyphen between African and American. The proper term is African American)

So narrowing down to choices A and B, both use parentheses to add information about the subject. However, only one places the parentheses correctly. Can you see which one it is?