What is the best way to combine these two sentences using the active voice? The pipe was broken by the plumber. The mess was cleaned up by me,
O The plumber broke the pipe, but the mess was cleaned up by me.
The mess was cleaned up by me but the pipe was broken by the plumber
I cleaned up the messi and the pipe was broken by the plumber.
The plumber broke the pipe bucleaned up the mess.

it either the 2nd one or the last one, I would pick the 2nd one tho

#3 and #4 gets quickly eliminated because you put what u did 1st and then the situation

#1 has incorrect punctuation

Explanation:

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

i believe the correct answer is a