Which statement would be MOST important to include in an objective summary of "The Benefits
of Shale Gas"?
o A. Gas companies can avoid drilling near drinking
water sources.
o B. Hydraulic fracturing might encourage
businesses who have left the United States to
return.
OC. Shale gas is the cleanest of all fossil fuels.
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D. To access the shale gas, gas companies have
to drill several thousand feet into the earth.

Plzzz me needs a hyphen or no hyphen 1. laura, a friendly little girl, says hello to everyone she passes 2. my uncle is well known jazz musician 3. our school's winning football record is welll known 4. the angry looking woman was having a heated discussion with the store manager.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.