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The answer you picked seems most appropriate to the statement listed above
Answer:
- After eating lunch at the cafeteria, Ben went to the gym to have a swim.
- Due to the damage caused by the storm, the ferry will not be running today.
- The company's training session, which was due to take place on Tuesday, has been postponed.
- If you are going to college this autumn, don't forget to sign up for a discount card.
Explanation:
Commas are punctuation marks that separate and help organize words, clauses, and concepts in a sentence. They usually follow participial phrases that introduce a sentence.
An adverbial phrase such as "After eating lunch at the cafeteria" at the beginning of a sentence, should be followed by a comma. Nonrestrictive clauses such as "which was due to take place on Tuesday" are should be set off by commas. If a dependent clause is used to introduce a sentence, it should be followed by a comma.
Answer:
B. “Chicago had recently renovated its fire alarm system, making it one of the best in the nation.”
Explanation:
This sentence is the claim in the text. The rest of the paragraph unfolds reasons and evidence that support it. For example, there were watchmen in firehouses ;in diffent boxes placed around the city; and in the cupola of the Courthouse. The men in the firehouses and in the boxes , if a fire was spotted, would telegraph an alarm to the man in the Courthouse. This would ring a bell to make the alarm more reliable. Well-organised Patrols would drive around the streets to extinguish the fires. The paragraph concludes with an opinion about the fire alarm system: <em>quite speedy and efficient.</em>
