The answer is A hoped this helped!
I’d say:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of “Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, Gwendolyn Brooks” because the rest of the punctuations doesn’t make sense.
But actually it should be:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
(Without the quotation marks and inclusion the word “and” before “Gwendolyn”)
Marines are <span>also known as a </span>marine corps<span> and </span>naval infantry<span>, are an </span>infantry<span> force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations on land and at sea, as well as the execution of their own operations.</span>
Gender refers to the cultural meaning that is ascribed to a person's sex (generally labeled masculine<span> or </span>feminine<span>). </span>Masculinity and femininity<span> are the terms that are often used to identify a set of characteristics, values, and meanings related to gender. is this what you mean
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