Here are the answers of the given questions above:
18. The sentence that contains an error in colon usage is option C. Brandon wanted to go fishing: but I wanted to go sailing. In this sentence, it should be a comma and not a colon.
19. An example of an indirect quotation would be option D. The lawyer said that your case will not take long. Indirect quotations no longer need quotation marks.
Answer:
Phil punzstawney is a groundhog he says if winter will be longer or if spring will be coming soon. At sunrise on groundhogs day Phil comes out of herbation and if he see his shadow that mean winter ends if we does not that mean 6 more weeks of winter. This year on groundhogs day he did not see his shadow which means there will be 6 more weeks of winter. This has happend each year on groundhogs day. Some years Phil the groundhog can be wrong. Phil Punxsutawney is now 134 years of age. His owner is A.J. Dereume and has been for many years. Groundhogs day is on febuary 2nd of each year. There have been about 13 other groundhog before Phil the groundhog.
Explanation:
Here are the answers of the given questions above:
1. The correct answer would be option C. To show <span> its influence on her design.
2. The correct answer would be option B. </span><span>This tactic gives background for the importance of Lin’s achievement.
3. The correct answer would be option A. </span><span>Her father was a successful ceramicist and dean of fine arts at a university.
4. The correct answer would be option B. in agreement.
5. The correct answer would be option C. Anonymously
6. The correct answer would be option B. </span><span>Desmond has love swimming in the ocean.
7. The correct answer would be option D. </span><span>Use a form of the verb have and the past participle of the verb.
8. The correct answer would be option D. </span><span>By tomorrow, Andy will have walked home with Beth every day this week.</span>
Answer:
The idea that kites are skillful fliers is all throughout the text. Both in comparison and in contrast with birds, the author develops the concept of a kite as if an actual living bird, and as one, it has its own skills and characteristics.
