Answer:
Choice C! :)
Explanation:
Appositives are groups of words that rename the noun next to it. You hear them all the time in normal conversations. It's easiest to identify them by seeing which flows best and which has the correct comma placement.
Choice D is wrong because 'very badly' is acting as an adverb phrase.
Choice B is wrong because it breaks up the sentence.
Choice A is wrong because 'the main one in town' does not rename the post office.
Answer: "Without innovations in food production, the factories could not have grown so quickly."
This sentence is placed in the text as an example of how urbanization increased thanks to technological improvements. However, no other part of the text discusses food production. Also, the author does not explain how it is that food production contributed to the development of factories. Because it is only loosely related to the topic and it adds so few details, it is a superfluous sentence. It is possible to remove it without significantly affecting the rest of the text.
The word 'unfathomable' means not able to be understood.
to 'fathom' is to think or ponder on something so as to understand it.
Answer:
a description that follows a subject Both A and D
Explanation:
shows the action or state of being the subject
