A. a statement of purpose
your stating your belifes supported by evidence
In movie acting you can have second chances if you mess up while filming but when your on stage with a full audience if you mess up everyone can see. In my opinion stage acting will be more difficult because you can’t re and act it when there’s an audience.
A. Paving is a current action, but the writing is in past-tense.
The county cleared this path and paving it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
'Cleared' tells you that we are in past-tense, so paving cannot be applied.
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