Answer:
A. I <em>knew</em> her for years. or <em>I've known </em>her for years.
B. How long <em>will you be </em>studying English? or How long <em>have you been </em>studying English?
C. "Why are you crying?" "Granny hit me."
D. This is the first time I<em> have heard</em> her sing.
E. I told her that I finished.
Explanation:
A. Know should be past tense.
B. I'm not actually sure because I think it is a genuine sentence, but I think that 'have you been' is better.
C. The - ' - should be quotation marks and the 'has' is unnecessary.
D. Hear should be changed to 'have heard'
E. The 'have' is unnecessary.
C) No change is needed. The rhetorical question at the end is effective and persuasive already.
Offering a counterclaim and giving enough evidence to disprove that counterclaim strengthens the argument by reassuring the reader/audience that the you are well-informed and able to discern multiple perspectives. It’s like when you’re trying to convince your parents to let you go out with your friends at night or on a school night, you should state why you want to go and you should also acknowledge what they’re trying to say otherwise they’ll think that you’re not aware of the dangers out there.
B. The speaker strives to dominate any partner with whom she has a relationship.
