Let's make it clear that the underlined phrase should be "condemned and often very deservedly."
Answer:
The option that is the closest in meaning to the underlined phrase is:
justifiably criticized.
Explanation:
According to the author of this passage<u>, New Yorkers are often criticized for their rudeness, and they apparently deserve it</u>. This is what he/she means by saying "condemned and often very deservedly." <u>In other words, the criticism made is justifiable. There are indeed good reasons to see them as rude, even if they are just being careless. Therefore, we can say that the option that is closest in meaning to the phrase is "justifiably criticized."</u>
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The argument is <em>that children go to school to learn not to teach their elders ,</em> where teachers can be included. Public schools are subsidised with taxes. Bearing this in mind, we may say that taxpayers send their children to school for them to learn not to teach. This was what the taxpayers did when <em>they themselves </em>were students . Therefore, t<em>axpayers send their children to school on the premise that, at their age, they needed to learn, not teach </em>is the reasoning of the argument.
C. A narrator who knows every detail about every character and the sequence of events.
