A semicolon is used to separate two complete sentences that are related in some way. Answer choices A and D both use a semicolon to separate two complete sentences, however, answer choice A combined two unrelated sentences. D is correct.
D. answers the 5 W's and H.
Who - He
What - Gave penances and absolution
Where - wherever he thought he could get gifts
When - whenever a group receives gifts
Why - to receive absolutions for his sins
How - if a high enough price is given, the penitent person would truly feel sorry for what he had done.
Answer:
inaccuracies of other scholars.
Explanation:
In the informative Essay by James Cross Giblin, of name: In The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, the author shows many achievements of the scholars who were studying the hieroglyphs and trying to understand them.
He says that <em>"A few genuine advances in understanding the hieroglyphs were made during the 1700s."</em>, but he doesn't stop there, since the he doesn't refrain from criticizing other scholars as you can see here:
<em>"For example, a Greek writer named Horapollo said correctly that the picture of a goose stood for the word "son." But then he explained that this was because geese took special care of their young, which was completely inaccurate."</em>
Answer:
adverb: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
conjunction: a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
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Answer:
It may be option 3 - the phrase "offers a compelling argument for human existence."
