which sentence is written correctly?\ni wrote a letter (to the mayor) asking for increased funding for our…

which sentence is written correctly?\ni wrote a letter (to the mayor) asking for increased funding for our schools.\nearning a spot on the football team (which has won the championship the last two years) is quite an accomplishment.\nmartin a safe driver was able to pass his driving test on the first attempt.\na new bakery, and coffee shop, will open on campus next fall in time for the start of the new fall semester.

which sentence is written correctly?\ni wrote a letter (to the mayor) asking for increased funding for our schools.\nearning a spot on the football team (which has won the championship the last two years) is quite an accomplishment.\nmartin a safe driver was able to pass his driving test on the first attempt.\na new bakery, and coffee shop, will open on campus next fall in time for the start of the new fall semester.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  1. In the first option, parentheses are mis - used. Parentheses are used for non - essential information that can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence. Here, "to the mayor" is essential to the meaning of "I wrote a letter".
  2. The second option is correct. The relative clause "which has won the championship the last two years" is correctly placed in parentheses as non - essential information about the football team.
  3. The third option is a run - on sentence. It should be "Martin, a safe driver, was able to pass his driving test on the first attempt" with a comma to set off the appositive "a safe driver".
  4. The fourth option has an unnecessary comma between "bakery" and "and". It should be "A new bakery and coffee shop will open on campus next fall in time for the start of the new fall semester".

Answer:

B. Earning a spot on the football team (which has won the championship the last two years) is quite an accomplishment.