In the sentence 'By calling every hour, my mother received Jamie's call', the type of error in the sentence is called, Dangling Construction. A dangling clause or sentence, consists of a group of words wherein it does not clearly state what word or words it really describes.
My reaction to this quote is that Abraham Lincoln is referring to the ideal that once people have power they tend to abuse it for their advantage, and personal gain. For Example, gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of the county sizing and grouping in states by the Legislative branch to guarantee their reelection into federal or state offices. A typically Democratic city perhaps may be grouped or redrawn to conjoin with a vastly Republican populated area, creating a larger group of supporters of one party, and a polarized county.
Answer:
directly quoting the text
Explanation:
I am doing it right now.
Scott key uses the word "vauntingly" to show that the British are boasting that they'll win.
linking verb. a linking verb expresses a state of being, and "looks" expresses the weather as "cold and dreary".
