D. a plural pronoun when a singular pronoun was needed.
Answer: C.Eric doesn't really think it's fun to be around John.
Although Eric is behaving politely towards John, as he says "hello" and also tells him that it is a pleasure to see him again, the author suggests this is false. By describing his thoughts, we see that Eric thinks the picnic is going to be worse because of John's presence. He also seems annoyed at the fact that John shows up at events often. We can conclude from this that Eric does not think it is fun to be around John.
Answer:
B) however
Explanation:
However is a transitional word of contrast; it correctly shows the relationship between the independent clauses in the sentence. The first clause contrasts 'most action-packed movies' that the person enjoyed with 'some recent disappointments' in the second clause.
Answer:
I'm going to say C.
Explanation:
This person cannot simply think a thing is so and so - he must KNOW it, which I assume means he would test it out for himself. The entire sentence indicates his mistrust of science. However, if we are just talking about the word "exact", it is in quotations and doesn't make sense with the rest of the sentence (if taken serious) so I think it is meant to be taken ironically.
