During the late 1700s and early 1800s, canal building went through many changes. Mark the statement below if it is one of those
changes. A. The British Parliament passed laws directing that rivers be dug deeper and made wider. B. Road development made canals obsolete and rarely used. C. Private firms cut canals at key points and connected rivers. D. Thanks to a web of waterways, boats could reach towns they had never been able to reach before. E. Americans showed little interest in the development of canals, regarding them as an Old World mode of transportation
<span>"C. Private firms cut canals at key points and connected
rivers" and "D. Thanks to a web of waterways, boats could reach towns they
had never been able to reach before" are both correct, although roads were beginning to be used more as well. </span>
An idiom is a funny saying/phrase. It does not serve as any criminal law or military action. It doesn't mean a foolish person, but it is just an artistic style used in some texts.
