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.
The type of exposition that is illustrated in this paragraph is illustration and example because in the first idea of the paragraph the picture of the topic is described by features and characteristics to give the reader that idea of large amount of unhealthy edible elements people eat per meal, and in the second idea of it there is an example that just looking at the menu, people may recognize the health problems eating these plates brings.
Answer:
Rosetta Stone, Egypt
Explanation:
Discovered in Rosetta, Egypt by a French officer in 1799, this 2,200-year-old black basalt stone is now a famous artifact is inscribed in hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek and is believed to hold the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and Egypt's past. The stone was acquired by the British when they defeated the French in 1801, and transferred it to the British Museum in London in 1802. Although Egypt has continued to push for the stone's return, the British Museum refuses to budge.
