The author clearly hates ear buds and expresses his opinion by using section titles like: "invasion of the body snatchers" and "narcissism." he also expresses this with opinions like "(p)eople who are addicted to their ear buds don’t care about other people," and "ear buds are detrimental and damaging to society as a whole."

based on the way the author expresses his opinions, who is the intended audience for this passage?

a) people who love their ear buds
b) people who manufacture ear buds
c) people who feel the same way as the author
d) people who are thinking of purchasing ear buds

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.