Question

Which of the following uses dashes correctly?

A. Mercury is a very heavy despite being in a liquid form -and toxic- element.
B. Mercury is a very heavy despite being in a liquid form- and toxic element.
C. Mercury is a very heavy -despite being in a- liquid form and toxic element.
D. Mercury is a very heavy –despite being in a liquid form- and toxic element.

Answer 1

C. Mercury is a very heavy -despite being in a- liquid form and toxic element.

Step-by-step explanation:

C is correct because there should be a dash before despite as the sentence is finishing and even before liquid as other sentence is starting over

others have inproper dashes