The denotative meaning of fault lines in this excerpt?
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I would venture to say that D. makes the most sense. All of the answers seem relevant but the last one seems to have the most information pertaining to the footnote. Hope this helps!
D is the correct option because I think the clown who wore the bright red suit is the subordinate clause
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I would say because the sentence includes a compound noun because the hyphens are to connect "brother-in-law" which is multiple words acting as one word.
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