Question

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

John Adams—1735–1826—was the second president of the United States.
John Adams (1735–1826) was the second president of the United States. ****my answerrrr
John Adams, 1735–1826, was the second president of the United States.
John Adams [1735–1826] was the second president of the United States.

Answer 1

John Adams (1735–1826) was the second president of the United States.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the only option in which the birth and death of the man whom we're speaking about is put between brackets, which is the correct way of doing so according to grammatical rules.

Answer 2

Your answer is correct.

Here's why:

Parentheses are used in this sentence to denote the subject's year of birth and year of death without the use of words "born" and "died". This is a shorten version which is placed directly after the name of the person referred to.