The word poetic has a short E sound. A long E sound would be in a word like sheet.
People believe that being a man means you need to have a deep voice,beard,and spread you legs when you sit to take up space, but being a man actually means being yourself and not letting anyone tear you down. Being a REAL man means to be kind and show the world that you are not going to let anyone tear you down.
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North Richmond Street, <u>being blind</u>, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.
Explanation:
A participial phrase is a group of words that consists of a participle, its modifiers, and any objects that complete that thought.
Participles are words derived from verbs that can function as adjectives or parts of verb phrases. There are two types of participles:
- Past participles - they usually end in -ed (for regular verbs), and less often in -en, -t, -d, and -n (irregular verbs). Example:<em> bake - baked</em>.
- Present participles - they end in -ing. Example: bake - baking.
In the first sentence of the given excerpt, we have one participial phrase: <em>being blind</em>. It consists of the present participle <em>being</em> and a modifier <em>blind</em>.
Answer:
THE CORRECT ONE IS THE "C"
PROVIDES A CONCENTRATE EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT READING SPEED CLAIMS.
