A contains an error: "and then she publishes them under a false name" is an independent clause and should have a comma before it.
B contains an error, as the comma should be before "but", not after it, for the same reason as A.
C correctly shows what should have been done in A and B.
D should not have a comma after "but".
C is the correct answer.
Madison believed that a republic would be better than a pure democracy for a large and populous nation. Madison defined pure democracy as incapable of controlling the acts of Faction on the Government because it's a society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble and administer government in person. A communication and concert result from the form of government itself, and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual, etc. Pure democracy could be the best type of government in people's vote on everything from fixing a road in California, to oil drills in Alaska. In a republic the public vote for a group who will vote on it on the public's behalf among the other elected "representatives" so people in florida don't have to vote for something happening in Michigan
Answer: Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force.
