Identify the grammatically correct sentence below: a. Laughter are the best medicine. c. I’d rather be fishing. b. Its raining cats and dogs outside! d. Jack

C.

Explanation:

Not A because: "are" implies that the previous word is plural; "laughter" is singular. It should be "is".

Not B: "Its" implies that something belongs to "It", as it is the possesive form. The correct word would be "It's". The punctuation represents the combination of "it" and "is".

Not D: A sentence is incomplete when there is just a subject with no punctuation. If punctuation were added, it could be considered correct - "Jack." could be the answer to a previous question. "Jack!" could be an exclamtion in dialouge.

C because: There is nothing wrong with the sentence. The contraction "I'd" is used correctly to represent "I would". "Rather" is correct when followed by "I would". The end punctuation is correct. You may have even seen bumper stickers or license plate frames with this sentence, even when "fishing" is replaced with something like "skiing".

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c. I’d rather be fishing.

Explanation:

a. Laughter are the best medicine should have an is instead of an are.

b. Its raining cats and dogs outside should have an apostrophe in its.

c. I’d rather be fishing is grammatically correct.

And finally D. Seriously. Jack isn't a sentence.

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)

- "despite the fact that portia lives in belmont and has many suitors, bassanio believes that he can win her heart. bassanio plans on overcoming his financial obstacles by borrowing money from antonio to travel to belmont. he then plans on marrying portia and becoming wealthy enough to pay off his debts."