Read the sentence from Gulliver's Travels As thennews my arrival spread through the kingdom, it brought prodigious numbers of rich, , and curious people to see me, so the villages were almost emptied and great neglect of tillage and household affairs must have ensued Which context clue from this sentence would be most helpful in determining the meaning of prodigious? A. The phrase "rich , idle, and curious people suggests that a great variety of people visited Gulliver B. the phrase "the news of my arrival suggests that Gulliver's arrival was not a secret C. The cause "great neglect of and household affairs must have ensued suggests that the people had more important tasks. D. The clause that the villages were almost emptied suggests that almost everyone in the kingdom visited Gulliver

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i think the answer is either c or d

im thinking d might make more sense though

sorry if im wrong

it is grammatically incorrect and is illegible to me and i can not answer it.