Question

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.

Answer 1

I believe that the answer is A.

Answer 2

The correct answer to this question would be, option A: Freedom´s Journal (established in New York City in 1827) was the first newspaper in the United States published by African Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason for this has to do primarily with two parts of the excerpt, the additional information of when and where the newspaper was born, and the word African Americans. Since in the first case, the portion "established in New York City in 1827), this information is just added, and could be removed without affecting the understanding of the idea in the excerpt, then it is placed in brackets to allow the reader to know that this is extra information. But it does not affect overall comprehension. In the second instance, African Americans does not need to be hyphenated as it is not considered one word, but two distinctive descriptors of a person. The one option that gets these characteristics correct, is option A.