D) a local news station's statistics on vehicle collisions involving teen drivers
The question asks about reliable information. A teenager's blog and a parent forum both contain personal opinions and therefore would not be considered reliable sources for information about the driving tendencies of teenage drivers. A streamed video of a lesson on driving safety may have specific information that would be considered reliable but it is more of an instruction manual on what to do. The best reliable source would be statistics on vehicle collisions involving teen drivers.
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18. The sentence that contains an error in colon usage is option C. Brandon wanted to go fishing: but I wanted to go sailing. In this sentence, it should be a comma and not a colon.
19. An example of an indirect quotation would be option D. The lawyer said that your case will not take long. Indirect quotations no longer need quotation marks.
An affix is what is added to be beginning, or end, of your root word.
-Endo, means within. However Endocrin, is a gland within your body, which secretes liquid.
-Ology means the study of something.
Answer:
1.
an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
2.
a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.