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Add parenthesis where necessary:
Mr. Verma the vice president of the company gave a beautiful speech at the award function.

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(Mr. Verma) the vice president of the company gave a beautiful speech at the award function.
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Mr. Verma (the vice president of the company) gave a beautiful speech at the award function.
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Mr. Verma (the vice president) of the company gave a beautiful speech at the award function.
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Mr. Verma the vice president of the company (gave a beautiful speech) at the award function.
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Solution

The correct option is B Mr. Verma (the vice president of the company) gave a beautiful speech at the award function.
Parenthesis is used to enclose information that clarifies or is used as an aside. Its use indicates that writer considered the information less important. 'The vice president of the company' can be kept aside in the given sentence. Thus. option B is correct.

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