Which word best completes the sentence?
my car is parked next to a tall tree. the two are each other.

a. adjacent

b. evident

c. alternatives

d. dependent

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

Which statement is true? a) a diverse workplace can cause people to be come prejudiced b) cultural barriers can pose a challenge to creating a diverse workplace. c) enforcing the use of english challenged in creta diverse workplace d) people who see resistant to change embrace diversity easily