How does mr. atkinson develop over the course of the story? story; august heat a he is a rotund man who makes james feel uneasy, but after he invites james in for dinner, he gains his trust. b he inscribes james's name and date of his death in his sample headstone without knowing james and then tries to protect him. c he tells his wife that he doesn't believe in ghosts, but then he meets james and becomes a believer. d he is an honorable man who has never committed a crime until he meets james and invites him into his home.

The answer is in fact, D. He is an honorable man who has never committed a crime until he meets James and invites him into his home.

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when will (v) the books (n) be (v) due?

nouns refer to people (other than pronouns), places and things, whereas verbs describe actions and are usually part of the predicate of a sentence. finally, pronouns can work as nouns and identify the participants in speech.

in the example sentence, "will" is a verb part or auxiliary verb, "be" is an infinitive verb and "books" is a plural noun.