<span>Answer
b. the textual clue that refers to the pronoun</span>
A pronoun antecedent refers to the word that comes before the pronoun.
The pronoun has to agree with the noun especially in number since it is the
part of speech that replaces the noun. In other words, when the pronoun is singular
then that means that the antecedent must also be singular however if the
pronoun is plural so do with the antecedent. In determining whether the
antecedent is singular or not, it is very important to know what words between
the antecedent and the pronoun to ignore.
Answer:
C. The protagonist begrudgingly exchanges niceties with the old non in order to follow the norms of Russian hospitality
Answer: A) breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases.
Explanation: when reading a long or difficult text, there are some strategies that we can apply to make the text more understandable or easy to read. In the given excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About" we can see that the sentence presented is very long, the reading strategy that would most help in comprehending it is to break it up into shorter sentences and phrases and make sure that we understand each part.