Write for your reader, not yourself.
Use pronouns when you can.
State your major point(s) first before going into details.
Answer:
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Both passages use evidence to show that knowledge of the extreme brutality of the sugar trade changed viewpoints about enslavement.
Answer:
1. If <em>I had not hurt my ankle,</em> I wouldn't have stopped running.
2. If only my friends <em>liked to play</em> team sports.
3. <em>I wish I hadn't bought</em> a car.
4. If <em>only I hadn't dropped</em> my fishing rod in the river.
5. James wishes <em>he could take part</em> in the competition.
Explanation:
<u>The subjunctive mood is used to talk about imaginary or impossible situations, and to express regret.</u> Sentence one makes use of Third Conditional, which is formed with the Past Perfect and would have + past participle. Finally, <em>I wish</em> and <em>if only</em> are used with the Past Simple to refer to an unlikely situation in the present, while the Past Perfect indicates regret over something that has already occurred.
Answer:
The irony is in saying that seeing a dog wearing pants (parody of breeches) was an uplifting or edifying sight which is really not true and which is comical when visualized.
Explanation:
An irony is expressing ones thoughts in words that mean the opposite to achieve humor. The narrator in this instance was looking down on the fireman by comparing him to a dog wearing pants and a feather hat.
He thus compared him to an animal and in the same instance, said that it was an edifying sight. He also called him a fine chap in the same breath. This is quite contradictory and that is how he achieved the use of irony in those lines.
