1. 20% (actually 22.3 % but it's the same estimate).
2. Religion.
The pun is related to the same pronunciation of the words <em>Ernest</em> and <em>earnest </em>which means<em> serious commited, dedicated </em>and etc. The pun is connected to the serious issue of choosing the right significant other, someone you can trust that is dedicated to you (<em>an earnest husband/wife</em>).<em> </em>
The door creaked and a rectangle of light fell onto the magazine that I was reading. I looked up to a boy who had come into the lobby was a stranger, about nineteen, tall and thin.
"Looking for someone?" I asked.
"No," the boy said. His long fingers trembled as they fumbled with the buttons of his coat.
"Well, may I help you with something?"
"No." The boy dropped his coat onto the worn tweed sofa and sat down slowly. In the light from the window his pale cheeks gleamed as if wet.
He's sick, I thought, while walking over to him. A narrow hand reached out and seized my wrist, cold, strong fingers twining around my arm like vines or snakes. I try to fight the impulse to pull away, looking down instead into the boy's troubled, grey eyes.
Answer:
She should remind him of the rules for discussion and ask him to provide supporting information.
<span>The subtleties of life inside a bat colony can be found in a short piece by Margaret Atwood, titled My Life Inside A Bat Colony. The main subtlety mentioned in the piece is a bat's preference for "the subtleties of dawn and dusk", as opposed to the bright sun of the main part of the day. Another subtlety mentioned is a bat's fear of being tangled in human hair.</span>
