Answer:
Explanation:
Donizetti's Gemma di Vergy, as well as many other belcanto operas of the first half of the 19th century, is infrequently produced today, mostly on account of requiring singers with a virtuosic vocal ability in all of the roles.
A.on account of requiring singers
B.on account of their requiring a singer
C.because it requires singers
D.because of it requiring singers
E.being that it requires a singer
The use of "on account of" with a gerund ("requiring") is wordy and unidiomatic.Option C conveys the meaning in the simplest form and hence is the correct option. All other options are awkwardly wordy.
Answer:
the garish appearance it has compared to the sky above it
Explanation:
The lights of the city are bright and obtrusive compared to the natural light of stars in the sky.
He uses hypens to create shorter sections of sentences to make the passage seem more fast paced and tense when read
Noun:
A currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
Can also be a verb:
Be circulated as an unverified account.