Answer and Explanation:
The excerpt correctly punctuated is:
It is difficult to determine whose outlook was more bleak. (1)As Lawrence states, Poe had a pretty bitter doom (2) -- he had performed some of the bitterest tasks of human experience. (3)He is reducing his own self as a scientist reduces salt in a crucible. (4)But it is Lawrence himself that speculates: "the human soul must suffer its own isintegration, consciously, if ever it is to survive."
<em>1. A comma is necessary to separate the two clauses.</em>
<em>2. Em dash replaces parenthesis at the end of the sentence.</em>
<em>3. End of sentence needed a peiod/stop.</em>
<em>4. The use of the colon is follwed by the sentence that explains the first sentence.</em>
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Make the walls seem like they are cold and strong
The answer is D because you never write the year before the month.
The following that can be used to separate independant clauses are; colon, semicolon, comma, and hyphen. I did this in my school and they are all correct. I hope this helps you or anyone.
Native Americans would usually use stories to illustrate their culture. They would use oral tradition, which their ancestors had passed on from one generation to another. The oral tradition tells how the Native Americans see the Westerners, which are not often found in books.
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