The following sentence may have a error, choose the best revision. if no required revision, choose "no improvements or correction is required."

there are not too many breeds of dog that were more friendly than the labrador.

a. that are more friendlier than the labrador
b. that are friendlier than the labrador.
c. that were friendlier than the labrador
d. that were more friendlier than the labrador
e. no improvement or correction is required

There are not too many breeds of dog that are friendlier than the Labrador (B).

Since we are comparing all breeds of dogs to the labrador, we need to use a comparative adjective. If we were saying that Labradors are the friendliest breed of dogs, this would be the superlative. In the comparative, we have to add -er to the verb if it is one or two syllables long. We add more when it is three or more syllables long. Since friendly is only two syllables, we need to change "more friendly" to "friendlier." Also, it does not make since to use the past tense, so we need to change were to are.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

yes, they are. i think.