Read the passage underlined (2). there may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. if you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. if there is no mistake, choose ‘correct as is.’ a) correct as is. b) while the president is on board the term is commonly used c) while, the president is on board, the term is commonly used d) while the president, is on board, the term is commonly used

The answer to your question would be that the selected sentence is correct as is. That is, the correct option would be A.

D separates the subject from the predicate and the commas in C are not necessary. All the sentences do not have the first letter of the first word capitalized. Therefore, none of them corrects the mistake.

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war

c? not a 100% sure

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