Answer:
Mr Thomas can't see the numbers that indicate his seat on the plane (D)
Answer: sweeping blows
Explanation:
"Sweeping" has multiple meanings, one of which is to infer the intensity or wide ranging nature of an initiative. For instance, if sweeping reforms are introduced in an industry, it means that the reforms are wide ranging and significant.
A "blow" is synonymous with a setback so in using the phrase, "sweeping blow", the author wanted to show just how intensive the setback or tragedy that the American Indians had suffered was.
John and I are going to the store, would you like to come a long with him and I?
It would cause the reader to think that too. and it could confuse the reader if the assumption is contradicted later on in the story.
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