Read the sentence from alexander’s paper. when asked if she was loyal enough to become a secret agent, keysha answered in the affirmative. in which revised sentence did alexander change the underlined word to use it as an noun? since she was affirmably loyal, keysha was able to become a secret agent. before becoming a secret agent, keysha needed to affirm her loyalty. as an affirmation of her loyalty, keysha agreed to become a secret agent. once she finally affirmed her loyalty, keysha became a secret agent.

C: As an affirmation of her loyalty, Keysha agreed to become a secret agent.

Explanation:

 The revised sentence  presented in the option C shows the change Alexander made to use the word affirmative as a noun, which is the word affirmation (the act of affirming; a statement or proposition that is declared to be true).  In option A, affirmably is an adverb ; in B, affirm is a verb ; in D, affirmed is also a verb.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.