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Read The Age of Innocence
, by Edith Wharton
Answer:
Wharton, taken by evolutionary theories and anthropology, used related terminology ("chosen specimens") to describe her thoughts about the 1870's New York being in contradiction with Europe, which was devastated by the war.
Explanation:
Wharton describes Newland Archer as feeling "distinctly the superior of these chosen specimens of old New York gentility," showing that he considers himself intellectually and culturally superior to his New York elders and their rigid society.
A sentence which is punctuated correctly is I found evidence to support my thesis on these pages: page 34, page 78, and page 129.
Punctuations are used to organize a sentence additionally to create more clear sense and stress in a sentence. In the above sentence, The punctuation Colon (:) organizes the sentence properly when placed rightly. Colon is used preceding any list, explanation, description or definition.