Choose the most effective revision for the bolded part of the sentence. if no revision is necessary, choose "leave it as is."
"mary jean and beth volunteer for the past five years at a local shelter for abused pets."
a. volunteered
b. are volunteers
c. will have volunteered
d. leave it as is.

Ihave only a christmas cards left to write. a. few b. fewer c. less d. little

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.

Short stories by male dark romantic writers explored insanity, also called madness, as suffered by young women. what is the tone of this passage?