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Is this even a real question?
Answer: B. <u>ow</u> in knowing
Explanation:
In Phonetics, <em>'ow', 'oa', and 'oe'</em> usually produce the same sound when pronounced which is the long o sound.
This is why the<em> 'ow' </em>in<em> 'knowing' </em>is pronounced in the same way as the<em> 'oa'</em> in <em>'approach'</em>. The<em> 'ow' </em>in<em> 'downstairs' </em>is not similar to them due to it's position in the word having changed its sound.
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<h2>D) Revolutionary/Enlightenment/Age of Reason</h2>
explanation:
Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored Common Sense and The American Crisis, two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights. He also made/wrote Age of Reason.