Question

The TV screen made a crackling sound, it had been bought second hand from a small shop, and the image was blurry.
Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

• A. The TV screen made a crackling sound - it had been bought second-hand from a small shop - and the image was blurry.
• B. The TV screen made a crackling sound; it had been bought secondhand from a small shop and the image was blurry.
• C. The TV screen made a crackling sound (it had been bought secondhand from a small shop) and the image was blurry.
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The TV screen made a crackling sound (it had been bought secondhand from a small shop) and the image was blurry.

Parenthesis is used to enclose information that clarifies or is used as an aside. Its use indicates that writer considered the information less important. In the given sentence, commas can be replaced with parenthesis. Thus. option C is correct.