To correct the sentence using dashes and parentheses in Exercise 8, you need to identify where these punctuation marks should be placed to improve clarity and structure.
For the given sentence: "Casey is worried that her grade-point average it's 3.6 is not high enough for her to win a scholarship to the Naval Academy."
One way to correct this sentence would be:
- Casey is worried that her grade-point average (it's 3.6) is not high enough for her to win a scholarship to the Naval Academy.
In this corrected version, parentheses are used to provide additional but non-essential information about the grade-point average being 3.6. This punctuation choice helps set this information apart from the main sentence structure.
By using parentheses in this way, the sentence becomes clearer and easier to understand, ensuring that the reader can distinguish between the essential and non-essential information presented.