<span>Let us define the choices first. There are two
figures of speech here: Simile and Personification. Simile is relating
two things that are in some way, the same while personification
is assigning the person’s qualities to something non-living. <span>Cliché is
using something (a word, phrase, idea, etc) again and again until it loses its
meaning and a pun (or paronomasia) makes a play on words by using words with
double meanings or homonyms. With respect to their meanings, ‘barking up the
wrong tree’ is a personification. If we likened the phrase with an example, A
person is getting angry on the wrong person.</span></span>
Answer: B. Since you’ve been gone
Explanation:
A subordinate clause gives more detail to the sentence, however it makes no sense on its own. Subordinate clauses start with a subordinate conjunction. In this case the subordinate conjunction is “since”.
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The author tries to support the claim that ordinary and digital mail are very different by sharing a hypothetical story as an example of the subject.
The given excerpt has been taken from The Code Book. The passage makes the readers imagining a scene where Alice wants to send out invitations to her birthday party.
The traditional method of ordinary mail is slow and takes time to reach to the receivers. On the other hand, digital mail is fast and efficient.
Therefore, the correct answer is (D) by sharing a hypothetical story as an example of the subject.
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Disclaimer: This question does not include the excerpt/ text being talked about. The relevant text is:
The difference between ordinary and digital mail can be illustrated by imagining that Alice wants to send out invitations to her birthday party, and that Eve, who has not been invited, wants to know the time and place of the party. If Alice uses the traditional method of posting letters, then it is very difficult for Eve to intercept one of the invitations. . . . In comparison, Eve's task is made considerably easier if Alice sends her invitations by e-mail.
It is true that as a general rule, collective nouns such as family, class, faculty, audience take singular verbs.
You would also say - The police is investigating the crime.
Although you can use these kinds of nouns in the plural form, when you are referring to its members individually, and not to the whole group, usually singular verbs are used.