Parentheses

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• I'll get (back to) you tomorrow Friday.
• I'll get back to you tomorrow (Friday).
• I'll (get back to you) tomorrow Friday.
• I'll get (back to) you tomorrow Friday.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• The (American Civil Liberties Union) ACLU is going to bring a suit.
• The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU is going to bring a suit.
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is going to bring a suit.
• The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU (is going to bring a suit).

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

• The president (and his assistant) were expected to arrive by noon.

• The president (and his assistant) traveled by private jet.

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

• After three weeks (on set of Stranger Things) it was obvious the cast was comfortable together.

• After three weeks (on set of Stranger Things it was obvious the) cast was comfortable together.

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

• We verified his law degree (Yale, class of 2002), but his work history remains unconfirmed.

• We verified his law degree (Yale) class of 2002, but his work history remains unconfirmed.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• We verified his law degree (none of us thought he was lying about that) but not his billion-dollar verdict against Exxon (for that was an obvious lie).

• We verified (his law degree none of us thought he was lying about that but not) his billion-dollar verdict against Exxon for that was an obvious lie.

• We verified his law degree none of us thought he was lying about that but not his billion-dollar verdict against Exxon (for that was an obvious lie).

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Jackie was appointed president of the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).

• Jackie was appointed president of the (Parent Teacher Organization) PTO.

• Jackie was appointed president (of the Parent Teacher Organization) PTO.

Which sentences are punctuated correctly?

• You'd be hard-pressed (to find) someone who doesn't know who Marilyn Monroe is.

• Marilyn Monroe (America's "blonde bombshell") died in 1962.

• Marilyn Monroe (an actress, model, and singer from the 1950s) is an American icon.

• Giving a girl the right pair of shoes (according to Marilyn Monroe) meant she could conquer the world.

• Marilyn Monroe starred in Some Like it Hot. (It came out in 1959).

Which sentences are punctuated correctly?

• Golding's grandmother (a superstitious Celt used to tell him ghost stories) from her own childhood.

• Sir William Gerald Golding (September 1911 – June 1993) was a Cornish novelist, playwright, and poet.

• Golding the author of LOF was made a knight in 1988. (Isn't that cool?)

• Golding is most famous for publishing his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954).

• For (22) years Golding kept a personal journal.

Which sentences are punctuated correctly?

• Simon is one of the younger "biguns" portrayed as thoughtful, gentle, and prone to fainting spells (possibly even seizures.)

• Simon is not truly an outcast by either faction on the island, but he is ignored a lot because of his peculiar personality. (He wonders off by himself a lot and thinks the beast is inside them all.)

• Simon is often said to be a Christ-like figure by literary reviewers (because he his generous toward others, helpful, takes time alone from the others at times, and pays the ultimate price for trying to deliver the truth about the beast).

• Simon does not need to be told what is right and wrong and never waivers toward savagery. (He symbolizes morality).