The author of The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone makes his views clear to the reader by describing his own experiences.
James Giblin has made it an important task to have the readers see his views clearly by describing his own experiences. Doing so made the readers feel like they were present in those experiences and it made the readers see the author’s view clearly as a result.
Answer: C. have been waiting patiently for winter since the spring.
Explanation: A verbal phrase is the part of a sentence that contains the verb and any direct or indirect objects, but it doesn't include the subject (the person, animal or group that perform the action of the verb). In the given sentence, the subject is "I" and the verbal phrase is " have been waiting patiently for winter since the spring", where the verb is "have been waiting" and the rest of the phrase are the modifiers.
Answer:
Even though this question is missing the options, after analyzing the revision we can safely say it was made for <u>conciseness</u>.
Explanation:
Conciseness can be simply defined as saying a lot in just a few words. Notice how the original paragraph is much longer than the revised one. The writer gave much more information than what was truly necessary. Details such as "and that new procedures need to be initiated" and "who was sympathetic" are superfluous. The first one adds nothing of value. If the procedures are inadequate, it is quite obvious that new ones need to be initiated. Readers could infer that. The second one is permeated with subjectivity, not only making the paragraph longer, but also stating an opinion that in uncalled for in this context. By eliminating the extra words, the writer made the paragraph concise, using fewer words to express the necessary.
He couldn't understand what he is supposed to see besides ink,He could not see the pictures either.
