Answer:
Literacy gives a person the ability to navigate the world with dignity. The ability to read, write, and comprehend is critical to taking control of our own lives and advocating for ourselves, for our families, and for our communities.
Explanation:
The answer to your question would be that the definition that best identifies and explains the function of the word "tying" as it is used in this sentence is the following one: In the selected sentence, the word "tying" is a verbal that functions as an adverb.
A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. "Tying his shoe" is a participle phrase. In fact, it is present participle phrase, as it is created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense). Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -ing form of the main verb produces a present participle. In this case the participle is functioning as an adverb because it is telling something about the manner in which Garrett prevented an embarrassing fall. He did this tying his shoe. You can tell this by asking the following question: How did Garrett prevent the embarrassing fall? Tying his shoe.
Answer: It emphasizes the idea that bacteria can be both helpful and harmful.
Explanation: Bacterial microbes are essential to helping our bodies work, but also they can also harm us as well. Therefore C is correct.
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The answer is B) the war begins
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
You forgot to include the question. Here we just have a series of statements or an excerpt of a text. But you forgot to include the question. We do not know what you are asking for.
However, trying to help, we can comment on the following.
Thi excerpt of the story "Civil Peace," written by Chinua Achebe in 1971, describes the terror the family felt after the dark moments of the Nigerian Civil War that was fought from 1967 to 1970. Jonathan Iwegbu, the main character of the novel, got back to his former city and realized it was not as affected as other regions due to the war. So he takes his family back to repair his home. One night, robbers enter his home and take all of his money. Jonathan thinks that the robbery was a sign of God.
