The first shots of the american revolution, fired at lexington and concord, massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching new york city as well as another additional eleven days to reach charleston, south carolina.
(a) shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching new york city as well as another additional eleven days
(b) shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach new york city, and also another eleven days
(c) shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach new york city and another eleven days
(d) shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach new york city and another eleven days in addition
(e) shots took four days by swift messenger to reach new york city and another eleven days

E

Explanation:

The correct way to state the the news of the shots was carried by messenger is that ...the news of these shots took four days by swift messenger to reach...

Subject and verb agreement is crucial because used incorrectly it can lead to a significant misread. It is incorrect to say that news were sent since news is a singular noun and were sent is the third person plural, past tense form of the verb send.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think they are preparing for the battle of gaul. : )

i hope this you! : )