Finally (12) and his father and uncle desired to return to venice. they had all served kublai khan (13) and he had appreciated it and given them rich rewards; but he did not wish to let them go.
2 while the matter was being talked (14) , an emissary arrived in peking from the king of persia. this monarch desired to marry the daughter of kublai khan, the princess cocachin, and he had sent to ask her father for her hand. consent (15) given, and kublai khan fitted out a fleet of fourteen ships to carry the wedding party to persia.
3 the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and urged her father to allow him to go with the party. finally kublai khan (16) his consent. marco’s father and uncle were also allowed to go, and the three venetians left china.
4 the fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the china sea. it was a long and perilous voyage. stops were made at borneo, sumatra, ceylon and other places, until the ships entered the persian gulf and the princess was safely landed. after they reached the capital of persia the party, including the three venetians,(17)by the persians for weeks in a magnificent manner and costly presents (18)to all.

 the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and urged her father to allow him to go with the party.
what is the best way to rewrite this sentence correctly?
a)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo urging her father to allow him to go with the party. b)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo to urge her father to allow him to go with the party. c)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo; and urged her father to allow him to go with the party. d)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and she urged her father to allow him to go with the party.
finally (12) and his father and uncle desired to return to venice. they had all served kublai khan (13) and he had appreciated it and given them rich rewards; but he did not wish to let them go.
2 while the matter was being talked (14) , an emissary arrived in peking from the king of persia. this monarch desired to marry the daughter of kublai khan, the princess cocachin, and he had sent to ask her father for her hand. consent (15) given, and kublai khan fitted out a fleet of fourteen ships to carry the wedding party to persia.
3 the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and urged her father to allow him to go with the party. finally kublai khan (16) his consent. marco’s father and uncle were also allowed to go, and the three venetians left china.
4 the fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the china sea. it was a long and perilous voyage. stops were made at borneo, sumatra, ceylon and other places, until the ships entered the persian gulf and the princess was safely landed. after they reached the capital of persia the party, including the three venetians,(17)by the persians for weeks in a magnificent manner and costly presents (18)to all.

 the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and urged her father to allow him to go with the party.
what is the best way to rewrite this sentence correctly?
a)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo urging her father to allow him to go with the party. b)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo to urge her father to allow him to go with the party. c)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo; and urged her father to allow him to go with the party. d)the princess cocachin was a great friend of marco polo, and she urged her father to allow him to go with the party.

D)The Princess Cocachin was a great friend of Marco Polo, and she urged her father to allow him to go with the party.

Explanation:

This is the option that shows the best way to rewrite this sentence correctly. This sentence conveys two main ideas: 1) that the princess is a great friend of Marco Polo and 2) that the princess urged her father to allow Marco Polo to go with the party. The best way to join these two complete sentences is by using a comma and the word "and."

fidelis umeh was born in nigeria and lived there through his high school years. fidelis umeh grew up with strong family values of the traditions of the ibos, a culture within nigeria. "one thing that we nigerians, particularly the ibos, have taught us from youth is the value of education. it is paramount. and the drive to succeed--my culture says that each person must work very hard and that is essential to success, which is very important. and we have support from family that keeps us going when things are difficult. sometimes perseverance can make the difference between success and failure."

he moved to the united states when he went to college. after he finished college, he stayed connected to his family in nigeria. he returned to nigeria at least once a year. but he made his home and career in this country. he became a business leader.

fidelis umeh has succeeded in the business community, which some people see as a separate culture all of its own. he planned projects. he designed systems. he brought new ideas to businesses. he has been president of a company that employs hundreds of highly skilled individuals. at the same time, he kept his commitment to his original culture.

in 1991, he founded a group to support nigerians in chicago. "i formed a group of nigerians to be an anchor for them that will fit into the american society but at the same time will give them something to fall back on in times of adversity. i feel it is a strength, it allows us to be individuals.”

“it has one goal, which is to bridge the gap between our people and the people in america. the target is to build an anchor where the nigerians can feel their identity and at the same time become more connected to the chicago scene. the problem that we have with our children is that either our children don't have an understanding of the nigerian culture or an understanding of the american culture. the focus is on children through adolescence. the adults get to benefit from the network."

“we started with story-telling. we are telling the children the stories that our families have told for generations. each story has a moral, an idea that it teaches the children. the children learn the moral. they also learn more about their own heritage. they will appreciate their heritage. they will realize that they have to work hard, too, to achieve progress.”

with more than 15,000 nigerians in chicago today, the potential is very great. fidelis umeh said that “the vision of enumbra is that the nigerian community will bring the traits that are valued in their heritage as they join the american society. they will in fact be able to enrich the american culture.”

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.