The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The author's purpose or reason for writing this editorial was to inform and make people conscious about the terrible oil spill in April 2010in the Gulf of México, with the explosion of a British Petroleum rig. This spill caused so much damage to the ecosystem and the environment of the Gulf of México.
The two details from the text that support the answer are the following. The author, Kate Jackson, writes that the BP company knew about the possibility of an accident of this magnitude but it didn't do anything to prevent it. She said that David Rainey, an executive form British Petroleum, had assured the members of the Senate that the facility had no risk of a spill.
The other detail that supports the answer is that she wrote that the oil industry always had been aware of the dangers of spills but never has done so much to prevent them. Also, people like Robert Bea, an offshore engineer, had warned British Petroleum.
Answer:
The reasoning is sound; the author’s argument is logical.
Explanation:
I took the test, the answer is correct.
In an outline capital letters can indicate many different things, but almost always they are used to signal a change in topic, or at lease a change in subtopic.
Explanation:
relative clause
it modifies noun phrase by some grammatical tools
example
my friend who is coming from America is coming to the dinner
here who is used to indicate the noun phrase
subject verb agreement
A subject and a verb must agree, even when other words or phrases come between them.
example
The flock of geese is flying south for the winter.
The subject is flock, so the verb should be is flying.
The answer is A. who and whom are personal pronouns
