The central idea would be that even though Edison made lots of horrible inventions and mistakes, without him not giving up and continuing we wouldn’t have things we use everyday. So basically keep going and don’t give up.
Here are the answers to the given statements above:
1. <span>pronoun with no specific antecedent : INDEFINITE PRONOUN
2. </span><span>determined by function : CASE
3. </span><span>consistency between subject and verb or pronoun and antecedent : AGREEMENT
4. </span><span>subject case: NOMINATIVE
5. </span><span>clarifies or renames preceding noun : APPOSITIVE
6. </span><span>clause with implied subject or verb : ELLIPTICAL CLAUSE
7. A</span><span>djective phrase without word to modify : DANGLING CONSTRUCTION
8. </span><span>points out which one : DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN
9. </span><span>two-word pronoun : RECIPROCAL PRONOUN</span>
Answer:
Firstly, the main idea of a paragraph is generally its first sentence (the topic sentence). If not, first identify the topic of the paragraph. Next, look for what claim the supporting details are pointing towards.
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