Who made the official decision to downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet?

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Answer 1

Answer: The International Astronomical Union made the official decision to downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet,

Answer 2

Answer: My answer to this question is the International Astronomical Union <IAU>

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Which pronoun agrees with the antecedent? Either Maria or Leah has left __________ purse on the sofa in the living room.
a. she
b. their
c. theirs
d. her

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In the sentence:

EitherMaria or Leah has left __________ purse on the sofa in the living room.

Theanswer would be letter d. her.

Pronounsare utilized as substitutes for a noun. In order for it to substitute, it musthave a clear antecedent. Personal pronouns are used to substitute nouns withownership. There are three persons point of view.1st person is whenthe subject is the one who is speaking (e.g. I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours). 2nd person iswhen the subject is the one being spoken to (you, your, yours). 3rd person is when the subject isthe one spoken about (he, him, his,she, her, hers, it, its, they, their, theirs). Correlative conjunction is such as Either . . . or. connects one idea orword from another in a sentence, giving choice or options.

One of the fundamental concepts underlying communication styles theory is that

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One of the fundamental concepts is that communication is based on the exchange of information between the sender and the receiver. This is a channel which produces a open and free communication where the information is sent, comprehended and thus, make decisive response for a proper reply hence sent back to the sender.

In which one of these sentences does an adverb modify a verb? A. The dress was terribly old.
B. Jacob was a very smart boy.
C. Mr. Dodge moved in an extremely slow manner.
D. Lucy quickly hid behind the tree

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A: terribly: modifies old, an adjective
B: very smart: very modifies smart, an adjective
C; extremely modifies "slow", an adjective again
D: quickly modifies "hid" a verb - this is the correct answer!

What author saw hypocrisy in the lives of the Puritans? A. Willa Cather
B. Mark Twain
C. Kate Chopin
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne

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the correct answer is Nathaniel Hawthorne who wrote The Scarlet Letter, a story of a young girl accused of cheating and forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" so everyone would know her wrong doings.

Read the excerpt below from the poem “I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke and answer the question that follows.She played it quick, she played it light and loose;
My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;
Her several parts could keep a pure repose,
Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose
(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).

Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011.

Which of the following images from the excerpt indicates an exhilarated mood?

I. “She played it quick, she played it light and loose;”

II. “My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;”

III. “(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).”

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The right answer is I “She played it quick, she played it light and loose;”. An exhilarated mood is when someone feels happy, refreshed, energetic. It means that someone is full of excitement, joy, being in an extremely good mood. In this case we can imagine how happy she is because she plays like careless, just enjoying the moment. The adjectives used to describe her are related with happiness and joy.

Answer:

The image from the excerpt that indicates an exhilarated mood is “My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;”

Explanation:

The expression My eyes, they dazzled at, demonstrates that his sight was amazed and exhilarated by something.

What is the structure of the following sentence?While you were on vacation, I watered the plants.
simple
complex
compound
compound-complex

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It's not a simple sentence: it has more than one clause.

It is also not compound: the two clauses are not independent and a compound has independent clauses.

It is however complex: the two clauses are not independent (While you were on vacation is the dependent clause). This is the correct answer.

(it's not compound-complex because it has 2 and not more clauses)

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