Question

Choose the answer that uses colons and parentheses correctly.

A: There were four law enforcement officers: (1) Leaphorn, Navajo; (2) Naranjo, Sheriff, (3) Highsmith, State; and (4)
Pasquaanti, Zuñi.
B: There were four law enforcement officers, (1) Leaphorn, Navajo; (2) Naranjo, Sheriff; (3) Highsmith, State; and (4)
Pasquaanti, Zuñi.
C: There were four law enforcement officers: 1 Leaphorn, Navajo; 2 Naranjo, Sheriff; 3 Highsmith, State; and 4 Pasquaanti,
Zuni.
D: None of these choices are correct.
E: There were four law enforcement officers (1) Leaphorn, Navajo; (2) Naranjo, Sheriff; (3) Highsmith, State; and (4)
Pasquaanti, Zuñi.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option E:

E: There were four law enforcement officers (1) Leaphorn, Navajo; (2) Naranjo, Sheriff; (3) Highsmith, State; and (4) Pasquaanti, Zuñi.

This option uses parentheses correctly to list the names and positions of the law enforcement officers within the sentence.