Lesson 433

Mechanics - Punctuation - Parentheses

Use parentheses to enclose Arabic numerals which confirm written numbers.

Example:
They will arrive in (30) thirty days.

 
 
 

Instructions: Use parentheses where needed in these sentences.

1. The phone deal is for one hundred fifty 150 minutes a month.

2. It is interest free for ninety 90 days.

3. We only have room for forty-five 45 guests.

4. The firm has thirteen 13 openings at the present time.

5. They will lay off four hundred 400 workers in the next 6 six months.