This metaphor likely symbolizes instability and failure despite all efforts to be stable and productive. A flying bird represents extensive flourishment, but because the bird's wing is broken, he can barley fly if at all -- the bird is unable to thrive -- the false hope may even hinder his abilities.
Answer:
Today, currency is a mixture of coins and paper money. But it wasn't always that way. People used a lot of unusual things for money before they had metal coins and paper bills (don't start a sentence with before). For example, in one part of the world, people used (get rid of a ) sharks' teeth for money. In some places, brightly colored feathers and rare seashells were money. People in one area even used the hair from elephants' tails for money.
There are a few reasons for feeling lonely even when surrounded by friends and family: ... Perhaps you feel insecure about certain aspects of your personality. You try hard to be perfect, so your imperfections never get accepted. You never give other people a chance to accept (or reject!)
Answer:
D). Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade.
Explanation:
As per the question, option D most appropriately revises the underlined part of the sentence('In spite....persuade') as <u>it is syntactically and semantically coherent. It precisely follows parallelism(plural form in 'federal subsidies..transportation systems and local efforts') that gives a clear and comprehensive meaning</u>. The other options are incorrect as they either contain parallelism error(inappropriate use of 'subsidizing' in option A) or unnecessarily uses the verb form('at persuading' in option B and 'making' in option C). Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
The correct answer is Comparison