Question

Which choice shows the correct use of parentheses? A. Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790 (was a great man). B. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was a great man. C. (Benjamin Franklin) 1706–1790 was a great man. D. Benjamin (Franklin 1706–1790) was a great man.

Answer 1

The answer is B.because you do not put the other answer choices in  parentheses.

Answer 2

B. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was a great man.

Step-by-step explanation:

Parentheses is one of the punctuation marks we can use to enclose extra information in a sentence, like a comment, an explanation, a description, an example or a date, such as of birth and death, that briefly interrupt a sentence.

Since parentheses enclose extra information, if they were to be removed from a sentence, the sentence would still express a complete thought, that is to say, the meaning of the sentence would not be altered.

Option B is the sentence whose parentheses abides with all those rules: they enclose the date birth and date death of Benjamin Franklin and if we were to remove the parentheses, the sentence would still make sense.