Part A:
A - Wind power is an underused resource that has the potential to provide the energy to power electricity for the entire country.
Part B:
Effective; the author acknowledges the counterclaim and explains the U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to increase the use of wind energy in the future.
C.setting that’s the answer
This question is incomplete. Here is the complete question:
All of the following are parallel in structure with “crying over the loss of my boyfriend” except __________.
A) I felt so bad yesterday afternoon
B) texting all of my girl friends
C) eating all the ice cream in the freezer
D) listening to my collection of sad music
Answer:
The correct answer is option A) I felt so bad yesterday afternoon.
Explanation:
If you pay attention, all the options, including the example, contain verbs ending in<em> ing.
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Option A does not have the same structure, therefore that is the option that does not fit with the rest.
Words ending in <em>ing </em>can be the following: gerunds, verbal nouns, present participles. In the case of the example we have the ending <em>ing</em> used as a gerund, where the verb is used as if it were a noun.
Given this information we can say that the correct answer is option A.
Based on the dictionary definitions of "conduce," the most precise definition for ‘conducing’ as it is used in paragraph 2 is:
C. Definition 2 (to contribute).
