The correct answer is The alligator slipped quietly into the water.
The first sentence does not agree since alligators should be a singular form, while the second and third are nonsensical because of lack of information.
Douglas included these observations in his speech:
- To assert that few people have the moral qualifications to serve in the military.
<h3>What was Douglas' observation?</h3>
In the passage, Douglas mentioned some kinds of individuals that would attach no importance to the three words, “Duty, Honor, Country.”
By mentioning the cynics, demagogues, hypocrites, etc., he was trying to show that it was not everyone that could take up the role of soldiers.
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<span>When the speaker sees bent birch trees, he likes to think that they are bent because boys have been “swinging” them. He knows that they are, in fact, bent by ice storms. Yet he prefers his vision of a boy climbing a tree carefully and then swinging at the tree’s crest to the ground. He used to do this himself and dreams of going back to those days. He likens birch swinging to getting “away from the earth awhile” and then coming back. hope this helps you
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Use of language/ conventions
