Answer:
The answers are:
It includes over forty thousand definitions.
It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.
Explanation:
<em>Samuel Johnson's </em>"A Dictionary of the English Language" was regarded as the best dictionary of its day. It was published in 1755, thus this makes the first choice (It was published in the late 1800s) incorrect.
I<u>t has around 42,773 words with their meanings</u>, thus this makes the second choice (It includes over forty thousand definitions) correct. The dictionary which "only" contained 40,000 words was prepared by <em>Nathan Bailey.</em>
The dictionary only shows the<u> meaning of the words and "not their origin."</u> Thus, this makes the third choice (It includes information about word origin) incorrect.
The meaning of the words are illustrated with the help of quotations (excerpts) relating to literature. So, this makes the last choice (It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature) correct. Examples of the quotations comes from Shakespeare, Dryden and Milton.
However, the dictionary doesn't have a preface written by William Shakespeare. Thus, this makes the fourth choice (It has a preface written by William Shakespeare) incorrect.
Answer:
The correct option is <u>her?"</u>
Explanation:
The reason for the correct option:
The given sentence is a question, therefore the end punctuation will be question mark. And the sentence is in quotation mark because it was spoken by someone else. Hence, in an interrogative sentence the quotation mark will come after the punctuation.
Reason for incorrect options:
Options: her." and her".
The sentence is a question being asked, which cannot end with fullstop or point; therefore these options are incorrect.
Option: her"?
The punctuation mark that is question mark is correct, but the quotation mark will come after the question mark therefore this option is incorrect.
Answer:
The textual evidence that best supports the inference that the Germans could not lay new cables in the waters of the English Channel is "The Germans now had to rely on radio transmissions from their powerful wireless station at Nauen, a few miles from Berlin."
Explanation:
a) Textual evidence is evidence found in the form of a quotation, paraphrased material, and descriptions of the text that supports an argument or thesis. Textual evidence support the thesis or main point.
b) An inference is a conclusion that is arrived at based on reasoning and evidence.
The word is <u>shuddering</u>.
- Synonyms: Trembling, shivering, quivering.
- Antonyms: steady
- Affixes: -ing
- Denotation: To tremble with a sudden movement, usually due to horror, fear or cold.
- Word from the Passage: shuddering
- Connotation: It implies a feeling of fear and nervousness. Conveys a fearful feeling.
- Sentence from the Passage: Then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state.
- Memory Trick: Shudder starts with "sh-," just like "shivering" which is a synonym.
- Original Sentence, Using Word: The horrible scene in the movie left me shuddering.
The poem "One, Two, Three" suggests an indecisive tone because Senesh was uncertain as to the time of her death. One line that demonstrates this tone is "<span>Life is a fleeting question mark". By describing life as a question mark, she shows the uncertainty of life. Also the use of the words may and maybe add to the indecisive tone as they are words of possibility rather than certainty. </span>
