Question

Choose the option that best corrects the given sentence:
The sound effects to the shower scene in Hitchcock's film, Psycho, which included spine-tingling violin music and the sound of a gurgling shower; left viewers with a harrowing sensation.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. The sound effects to the shower scene in Hitchcock's film, Psycho; which included spine-tingling violin music and the sound of a gurgling shower; left viewers with a harrowing sensation.
• C. The sound effects to the shower scene in Hitchcock's film, Psycho, which included spine-tingling violin music and the sound of a gurgling shower: left viewers with a harrowing sensation.
• D. The sound effects to the shower scene in Hitchcock's film, Psycho - which included spine-tingling violin music and the sound of a gurgling shower - left viewers with a harrowing sensation.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The sound effects to the shower scene in Hitchcock's film, Psycho - which included spine-tingling violin music and the sound of a gurgling shower - left viewers with a harrowing sensation.

According to general rule, em dashes are used to set off parenthetical information, as using em dashes, on both sides, puts the focus on the information between the em dashes.

Thus, in the given sentence, the use of em dash, Option D, will be correct.

The remaining options are incorrect, as em dashes serve as harder versions of commas, semi colons and can be used to replace colon in a sentence.