Which sentence correctly uses parentheses?


(Our) 11th-grade victory garden will include carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach.

Our 11th-grade (victory garden) will include carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach.

Our 11th-grade victory garden will include (carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach).

Our (11th-grade) victory garden will include carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach.

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i believe it is the last option. "our (11th grade)..."

Answer: D) Our (11th-grade) victory garden will include carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach.

Explanation: parentheses are used to mark a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it. From the given options, the one that uses parentheses correctly, is the corresponding to option D:  Our (11th-grade) victory garden will include carrots, turnips, beets, and spinach, because notice that if we remove "11th-grade" from the sentence, it remains grammatically complete.

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