Answer: B. Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
Explanation: in a text, a main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. In the given excerpt from "The City Without Us” by Alan Weisman we can see the description of how the salt used on the roadways on winter, is very corrosive because it eats steel, and it also says that with no people, there won't be salt, but there will be rust which is also corrosive. According to this information, the main idea of the paragraph is best represented by option B: Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
Answer:
C. '' all dripping as he was, Joe caught up the oars of the boat and sent the craft in the direction of the hotel as a good speed.''
Answer:
1. There were <u><em>Fewer</em></u> outdoor sport fans in the past.
2. I drank <em><u>Less</u></em> water than she did at the last basketball competition.
3. I have <em><u>Less</u></em> than an hour to do this exercise.
4. We have <u><em>Less</em></u> time to go in for sports these days.
5. <em><u>Fewer</u></em> than thirty children each year participate in the chess tournament.
6. This athlete does F<em><u>ewer</u></em> workout on weekdays. He has a full time job at the Sports
Committee
Explanation:
Fewer is used for things that can be counted such as, kids, chairs, balloons, etc...
Less is used for singular mass nouns
Here’s a tip: A good way to test that a noun is truly uncountable is to try making a plural out of it.
<u>Example:</u> I told Cookie Monster to drink fewer/less <em><u>milks</u></em> or he would get sick?
Because Milk is a liquid, we can't count it. Making 'less' the proper word choice
<u>Example:</u> I told Cookie Monster to drink <u><em>less</em></u> milk or he would get sick?
I hope this helped!
