Select all of the sentences that do not use brackets correctly.

• In 1911 Marya Sklodowska [also known as Madame Curie] won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Known as the "Father of Tragedy," Aeschylus [525-456 BCE) was a prominent Greek playwright.

• Dr. Janusch began his experiments during the 1920s [See pages 33 and 34), but the turning point in his work came in 1935.
• The feature of the day is the Hubble Telescope movie of Neptune (found on the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]).

1 answer

The sentences that do not use brackets correctly are:

  1. Known as the "Father of Tragedy," Aeschylus [525-456 BCE) was a prominent Greek playwright.
  2. Dr. Janusch began his experiments during the 1920s [See pages 33 and 34), but the turning point in his work came in 1935.

In the first sentence, the bracket that closes the date is a parenthesis, which is not consistent. It should be "[525-456 BCE]" if the intention is to use brackets.

In the second sentence, the bracket also closes with a parenthesis: "[See pages 33 and 34)," which is also incorrect. The closing bracket should match the opening bracket, so it should be "[See pages 33 and 34]."

The first and second sentences have incorrect bracket usage. The first and last sentences are correctly using brackets.