Let's make it clear that the underlined phrase should be "condemned and often very deservedly."
Answer:
The option that is the closest in meaning to the underlined phrase is:
justifiably criticized.
Explanation:
According to the author of this passage<u>, New Yorkers are often criticized for their rudeness, and they apparently deserve it</u>. This is what he/she means by saying "condemned and often very deservedly." <u>In other words, the criticism made is justifiable. There are indeed good reasons to see them as rude, even if they are just being careless. Therefore, we can say that the option that is closest in meaning to the phrase is "justifiably criticized."</u>
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A.Try an activity you interested in learning, it wouldn't be a fun vacation if you did as little or as much as possible or whatever that last option meant. (: Hope his helps!
Answer:
Yes it is a Gerund Sentence.
Explanation:
It's made up of the gerund running and the direct object marathons.
In order to maintain the parallel structure sentence (3) should be revised to read, “My next stop will be old Mr. Butterworth’s for a chat with my favourite neighbour.”
In this passage each sentence starts in a similar way as the author has decided to list each activity he/she will do in his/her visit to the home town by using “My first stop….”, “My second stop….”, ““My next stop….” and “My last stop…” at the beginning of each sentence. In addition, the writer resorts to the simple future tense when he/she says what he/she will do in each stop and then he/she adds the purpose of theses action.
For example: “…., my first stop will be my uncle’s old gas station to fill the car”. In this fragment, the author starts his/her list of activities with the phrase “my first stop”, then he/she continues with a simple future tense to explain what he/she is going to do “will be my uncle’s old gas station” and finally he says the aim of this stop “to fill the car”. This grammatical structure is repeated in the subsequent sentences.
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