If you search the Internet to find out how people form habits, you'll probably learn that it takes just 21 days to form a habit. Or maybe 18, or 28 or even 31. The numbers are different, but the standard advice is the same. Many experts suggest that if you simply repeat a behavior for a specific number of days, you're destined to develop the habit. Why did the author include this paragraph?  

a. to demonstrate the belief that habits are a matter of destiny and timing, not choice

 b. to highlight the idea that one key to habit formation is repetition over time  

c. to introduce the idea that experts cannot agree on what forms a habit  

d. to outline the best place to find information about how to form a habit

adverb is the answer i believe.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

explanation:

the answer is a.

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