Answer:
Solar eclipses result from the Moon blocking the Sun relative to the Earth; thus Earth, Moon and Sun all lie on a line. Lunar eclipses work the same way in a different order: Moon, Earth and Sun all on a line.
To complete this task we should recollect what is a compound - complex sentence? A Compound - complex sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses and at leasr one dependent clause. That`s the rule from the English Grammar. Thus, the correct answer is as follows:
My friend and I went to the beach today, but we were not able to go surfing bacause it started to rain.
The correct answer is D. In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities.
Explanation:
In texts, including articles the introduction is commonly the first paragraph in a text that introduces or presents the general topic and the point or points that will be explained during the text. Besides this, it is common the first sentence of an introduction includes a quote, a question, a piece of statistical information or a strong statement that acts as a "hook" catching the readers attention.
Considering this, in the case of the article presented the sentence that beings the introduction is "In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities" because this is the first sentence in the text and therefore the first sentence in the introduction, besides this, the sentence presents statistical information that as a "hook" for readers and introduces or presents the main topic that is volunteer service.
C.
A. not this because Odysseus has to have a problem with himself
B. not this because Odysseus would have to be fighting a tree...something in nature
D. not this because Odysseus would be fighting nature like when he is trying to get back home to his wife and child and the sea (Or Neptune/ Poseidon)
