Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this article. read this excerpt from the article “nixon resigns” by carroll kilpatrick. one official, who has known mr. nixon well for many years and remains a white house aide, commented: “he is obviously a bad judge of character. but a lot was accomplished. so much more could have been accomplished but for these fun and games. it was such a stupid thing to happen.” which statement best explains how the speaker’s use of language affects the tone of this excerpt? it creates a formal and earnest tone. it creates a formal and proud tone. it creates an informal and frustrated tone. it creates an informal and sentimental tone.

the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.

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the answer would be c : illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. just took the test

if the italicized words are he ran switfly, we can rewrite the sentence using a verbal phrase as follows:

running swiftly he was able to overtake the child.