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Columbus himself had made that assumption. His discoveries posed for him, as for others, a problem of identification. It seemed to be a question not so much of giving names to new lands as of finding the proper old names, and the same was true of the things that the new lands contained. Cruising through the Caribbean, enchanted by the beauty and variety of what he saw, Columbus assumed that the strange plants and trees were strange only because he was insufficiently versed in the writings of men who did know them. "I am the saddest man in the world," he wrote, "because I do not recognize them."
Desiderius Erasmus lived during a time period of significant change in 1500's Europe. This rebirth, or awakening, was being felt around the known world. During this time period in Europe, a religious renaissance was occurring. The Catholic Church, which was once the one and only church with the Pope as its all powerful leader, was beginning to be challenged by "free thinkers" who opposed some of the traditions and ideals put forth by Catholicism. This time period was also a rebirth/renaissance in the areas of technology, science, arts, and philosophy. The introduction of gunpowder, for an example, forever changed human warfare and made battles more deadly than ever.
Even though you didn't include answer choice, im guessing it would be the wadges paid to workers.
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A. Sheila Kellar is considered by many to be the haughtiest girl in school.
Explanation:
The sentence above is using the superlative form correctly.
When we have a short adjective like "haughty", we need to add "est" to the end of the word to create the superlative form.
All the other 3 statements on the other hand, are using the superlative form incorrectly, because they are attaching the world "most" to short adjectives, and "most" can only be added to long adjectives like "delicious", or "beautiful".
