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Read the following sentence. Extreme runners must be agile, strong, and skilled, not unlike other athletes; but they must also embody courage. The punctuation in the above sentence is considered grammatically correct, but it is not necessarily the best form of punctuation to use in this sentence. Which of the following would be the BEST form of punctuation to grab the reader's attention while also maintaining correct grammar?

AExtreme runners must be agile, strong, and skilled--not unlike other athletes, but they must also embody courage.
BExtreme runners must be agile, strong, and skilled (not unlike other athletes), but they must also embody courage.
CExtreme runners must be agile, strong, and skilled, not unlike other athletes--but they must also embody courage.
DExtreme runners must be agile--strong--and skilled--not unlike other athletes, but they must also embody courage.

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The answer is letter B.
The best form of punctuation to grab the reader’s attention and to maintain a correct grammar is letter B: Extreme runners must be agile, strong, and skilled (not unlike other athletes), but they must also embody courage.

This sentence construction is more correct because it directly describes the subject in the sentence (e.g. extreme runners) and the character that they must possess in able to be a good athlete. The other part of the sentence was in  parentheses because it shows an indirect comparison to the subject of the sentence.

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B.

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