The traceur (a male parkour practitioner) must be very physically fit and agile in his movements.

why are parentheses, rather than dashes or commas, used in this sentence?

answers:
a. parentheses are being used because they set off longer, less-related parenthetical asides. b.parentheses are being used because they are setting off an aside that already contains commas. c.parentheses are being used because they are providing background or additional informationd. parentheses are being used to set off brief, closely-related parenthetical asides

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

Which sentence uses whether correctly

How historical events such as the civil war influenced the american literature