The correct sentence is:
Every day there are more comments, and they are hard to ignore. The antecedent of the pronoun "they" is "comments".
Answer: A) As a new faculty member, Susan wanted to succeed.
Explanation: an infinitive is the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense. A direct object is the part of the sentence that receives the action from the verb. From the given options, the sentence that includes an infinitive used as a direct object is the corresponding to option A: as a new faculty member, Susan wanted to succeed, the direct object is "to succeed."
Answer:
C) One passage provides objective economic data about the river while the other tells the story of two boys adventuring on its water.
Explanation:
The main idea of Mary O'Dell's passage is to present the Mississippi river as an important resource which was used for development of river transport, thus
contributing to the nation's economic growth.
Twain's passage, although also mentioning Mississippi, does so only to give his story a setting, a place for adventures of the two wannabe pirates.
So, the basic contrast between two passages is best described in answer C.
