I think this because we are born a blank slate. We are without personality when we are born. As we grow, both these factors play a part in growing our personality.
Answer:
A possessive is missing in the sentence. It is highlighted and corrected below:
A group of young French doctors began the organization Doctors Without Borders in 1971. The founders mission was to help victims of war and natural disasters. → The founders' mission was to ...
Explanation:
One way of expressing possession in English is by using the genitive case, which consists of adding an apostrophe or 's to the possessor in a sentence. For example, if a book belongs to my friend Anna, I can say: Anna's book.
<u>When we have a plural noun that already ends in -s, we should only add an apostrophe to indicate possession. That apostrophe is precisely what is missing in the sentence we are analyzing here. The second part of the sentence is about a mission. </u><u>Whose mission is it? It is the founders' mission.</u><u> Thus, we must use the apostrophe for the sentence to be correct.</u>
Answer:
C. Glumdalclitch
Explanation:
In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," after Gulliver leaves Lilliput, where people are small and he is a giant, he arrives in Brobdingnag, where he is small and people are gigantic. Thus, <u>the name he gives the Farmer's daughter, Glumdalclitch, meaning "little nurse," is ironical, since the girl's size is huge</u> and she enjoys playing with Gulliver like a doll. However, Gulliver has affection for her and is pleased to entertain her.
The correct answer is:
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[C]: "<span>a participial phrase modifying 'me' "
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