He seized the power from other countries and was offered power in his own country.
Answer:
Social media is a good way to stay in touch with friends and family who live far away. But if we focus more on the people online than those who are nearby physically, or if we allow our friends who are in close proximity to become online friends only, then we have a problem. We can maintain those online friendships, but we should never substitute them for real friendships with people with whom we can talk and do things in person. Some in-person relationships may be difficult.
The answer is D, the other answers are subtracting and multiplying.
The purpose of the use of elongated hyphens in this excerpt is C. To interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas.
Elongated hyphens are used to emphasize something, add extra information and even as a substitute for commas in some cases.
The other options are not correct because they don't cover the main function of the elongated hyphens which is to disrupt a sentence with extra information added to it.
