Read the sentence.

The squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits come without invitation to wreak havoc in our garden, but I don't really mind because I like having wildlife near my home and I think contact with nature is essential.

Which best corrects the problem with this sentence?

The squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits come without invitation to wreak havoc in our garden, but I don't really mind; I like having wildlife near my home and I think contact with nature is essential.
The squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits come without invitation to wreak havoc in our garden. I don't really mind. I like having wildlife near my home. I think contact with nature is essential.
The squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits come without invitation to wreak havoc in our garden. But I don't really mind because I like having wildlife near my home, I think contact with nature is essential.
The squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits come without invitation to wreak havoc in our garden; but I don't really mind, because I like having wildlife near my home. And I think contact with nature is essential.

Read the following passage: sari couldn't believe her bad luck. she had locked her keys in the car. to add fuel to the fire, her cell phone was in the locked car, and she was late for a very important meeting. she knocked on her neighbor's door so that she could ask to use his phone, but he was not not home. what was she to do? what role does the idiom in the passage serve? a. it shows that sari has incredibly bad luck when it comes to work. b. it shows that sari's neighbor was not home either. c. it shows that sari locked her keys in the car. d. it shows that sari's situation was worse than it seemed at first.

How did rick respond to this conflict

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes