Read the sentence. we could've made this error. what does the bolded contraction mean?

Answer:The contraction "could've" means "could have".

Explanation:

Mike wanted to go to the pool, but Jess wanted to go to the mall.
This is an example of which type of sentence?
A. Compound
B. Simple
C. Complex
D. Conjoined

Pine beetles live in and harm the tree. This is an example of

Which word is misspelled? wishes, attornies, follies, babies

Read this sentence.

Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night.

How does the figure of speech “devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night” affect the passage?

A. It describes the way commuters use and abuse what the city has to offer.

B. It describes that habits of an insect population that plagues New York.

C. It compares the commuters’ behavior when they come to the city to that of insects.

D. It compares the number of New York commuters to an insect invasion.

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excerpt from Clarence Darrow’s closing argument in Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, August 22–25, 1924

…They wanted a complete crime. There had been growing in this brain, dwarfed and twisted as every act in this case shows it was dwarfed and twisted, there had been growing this scheme, not due to any wickedness of Dickie Loeb, for he is a child. It grew as he grew; it grew from those around him; it grew from the lack of the proper training until it possessed him. He believed he could beat the police. He believed he could plan the perfect crime. He had thought of it and talked of it for years. Had talked of it as a child; had worked at it as a child, and this sorry act of his, utterly irrational and motiveless, a plan to commit a perfect crime which must contain kidnapping and there must be ransom, or else it could not be perfect, and they must get the money.



How does the frequent use of repetition in this excerpt advance the author's viewpoint about Dickie Loeb, the criminal?


A. It emphasizes that Loeb was doomed to be unsuccessful in committing the crime.

B. It shows that Loeb, in the speaker's view, was a merciless killer.


C. It demonstrates, in the speaker's view, that Loeb was foolishly obsessed with the crime.


D. It implies that Loeb was a misguided person who couldn't help himself.

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Which quotation from the essay helps to create an affectionate tone in "Here is New York"?

A. “…the man who lives in Mamaroneck or Little Neck or Teaneck, and works in New York, discovers nothing much about the city except the time of arrival and departure of trains and buses,…”

B. “There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable.”

C. “. . . a drowsy afternoon in the great rustling oaken silence of the reading room of the Public Library, with the book elevator (like an old water wheel) spewing out books onto the trays.”

D. “The Long Island Rail Road alone carried forty million commuters last year; but many of them were the same fellow retracing his steps.”

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Select the word from the drop-down menu that best suggests that the dog has been unable to find food.

As the dog approached, I noticed that its hair hung in mats from its ________ frame.

A. bony

B. slim

C. narrow

D. slight

Languages with a declining number of speakers should be left to die out. How far do you agree?

PLEASE HELP ME!

excerpt from "Why Equal Pay Is Worth Fighting For" by Senator Elizabeth Warren, April 17, 2014

I honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014.

When I started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. Women have made incredible strides since then. But 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work.

Women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. Bloomberg analyzed Census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. In 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. That's not an accident; that's discrimination.

The effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. Today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. Pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . . .

For middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on Mom's salary as they do on Dad's, if not more. Women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat.

Women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. Today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. Here in the Senate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. It would help ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women.

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Which statement best describes Warren's viewpoint about wages in America?

a) Wages should be paid based on the amount of money people need to cover their expenses.

b) People should receive equal pay for equal work.

c)Someone who has worked more years in a given job should receive higher pay than
someone with less experience.

d) Women should receive higher wages than men to make up for past inequality.

A dangling modifier is a?

Please help!!

Read the following paragraph from John Muir's "The Calypso Borealis" and pay close attention to the words in bold. In one paragraph of three to five sentences, explain Muir's use of diction and the mood his choice of words creates. Use proper spelling and grammar in your response.

But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung. The flower was white and made the impression of the utmost simple purity like a snowflower. No other bloom was near it, for the bog a short distance below the surface was still frozen, and the water was ice cold. It seemed the most spiritual of all the flower people I had ever met. I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy.

In the play, we see all of the following types of difficult love EXCEPT...

father/daughter


mother/son


brother/sister (sibling)


romantic

Which sentence contains an error in word usage? A) Janice spent most of the afternoon at the mechanic's shop getting her brakes fixed. B) Much to his mother's relief, the break in David's arm wasn't as serious as it could have been. C) This year during spring break, my family and I are going to hike part of the Appalachian Trail. D) We might need to put the breaks on our project since our teacher has just changed the rubric again.

Choose one example of a logical fallacy in the Declaration of Sentiments and write a short paragraph that explains why it is evident in the debate.

Scientists report (1) that creatures living in the deep sea are in danger of starving to death. Millions of undiscovered species live, in the deep sea. Creatures in the seabed are suffering from growing food shortages. Which may be a result of rising sea temperatures. Scientists believe that some species will die out, those that can survive on a low food supply will continue living. Not much is known about the creatures that live in the deep sea, not much is known about the changes in their diets. Scientists estimate that up to 10 million species live in the depths of the sea. Most animals of the deep rely on food chains that begin. In the lighted realms of the sea. Microscopic plants called phytoplankton. Capture the sun and start the food cycle. (2) Wherever there are animal droppings, there is a constant rain of organic matter (3) that feeds the bottom dwellers. The underlined part of sentence 2 is which kind of clause

According to "What a Bad Flu Season Could Cost the US Economy," who benefits from a bad flu season?

A. The elderly
B. The CDC
C. Most employers
D. Stores like Wal-Mart

Read these lines carefully from the play.

"Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,

Could ever hear by tale or history,

The course of true love never did run smooth"-- Act 1, Scene 1

Based on these lines, what could be a possible theme of the play?


A. Love can be difficult.


B. Love goes smoothly when you are with the right person.


C. True love does not exist.


D. Plays become tales passed down throughout history when love is involved.

which pronoun goes in the blank: she, us, them, or her. "The best prepared guides, Riley and ___ seldom have problems on hikes."

What was one negative aspect of post-Civil War America?

a-the 13th Amendment was not ratified.
b-the policies of Abraham Lincoln were put into place.
c-the North and South remained divided over social policies.
d-African Americans were not yet free.

I have a Brainliest reward

5. The underlined part of sentence 1 is an example of a(n) ____ Clause
a. adverbial
b. adjective
c. noun
d. independent

Which character from part two of Gulliver's Travels is the only person who has never had hidden motives where Gulliver is concerned? The goodhearted Glumdalclitch The powerful king of Brobdingnag The humble farmer The protective queen

Please help? Multiple Choice
Which sentence pattern describes the sentence below?
Jim gladly accepted the prize of $100

A: S-V-0
B: S-V-I-O
C: S-V-A
D: S-V-N
S- SUBJECT
V- VERB
O- DIRECT OBJECT
I- INDIRECT OBJECT
N- PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
A- PREDICATE ADJECTIVE,

Who give good report to the land of Israel? The Bible story

Which of the following would be an inspirational character?

A character who learns valuable lessons about life and themselves.
A character who communicate with other characters.
A character who only show emotions that others do not want to experience, like anger.
A character who only shows character traits such as selfishness or cowardice.

need help
1. Paz describes two roots that are _____ into night
laced
tied
growing
hidden

2. In "No Dogs Bark," the father knows the journey has ended when he sees____.
water
dogs
roofs
a road

For questions 3-4 identify the adverb that modifies the verb.
3. Have you ever rafted down the chattanooga river?
have
you
ever

4. When rafting, you must always wear a life jacket.
When
always
life

Which of Shiloh's behaviors shows that he might have been mistreated?
a. He wags his tail.
b. He jumps up to be petted.
c. He tucks his tail between his legs.
d. He holds his head up.

WILL MEDAL !!!!!!!!!!
Read these lines from "The Raven."

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

In these lines, the repetition of the phrase "still is sitting" helps create what kind of mood?

patience
helplessness
boredom
acceptance

A summary is a story retold in a ____ form.
longer
shorter

In a lesson before dying in chapter 20 what is the Sheriff's concern

What evidence has O.Henry provided in the text to support the inference that Della and Jim do not have a lot of money?

Which of the following has a tone that is most appropriate for an argumentative paper?

If only we could peer into the mind of the scientist behind this article, we might have a clue what it means.
The recent research on the role of good bacteria is fascinating, despite the contradictory findings.
The article is confusing, poorly-written, and just plain wrong, in spite of some really amazing results.
With findings like these, it's a miracle anyone ever pays attention to scientific journals.

Why are political speeches biased?

because they try to get you to think, feel, or act in a particular way

because they provide a lot of important information

because they are entertaining and, therefore, distracting

because they never have enough supporting evidence