Read the following text from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her word choice? Due to its similar size, density, and composition, Venus is often called Earth's twin. Many scientists have a feeling that both planets were once very similar but changed into different things throughout the passage of time. Presently, the differences between these two planets are much more apparent. For one, the thick air all around Venus helps to keep it over six times hotter than Earth. Venus also has more volcanoes than Earth or any other planet in the solar system. In fact, there are more than 1,600 volcanoes on Venus, but most of them are not doing anything.

the maximum speed limit is 55 mph on a two-lane undivided highway and for vehicles towing trailers.

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in act 3, scene 3 of hamlet, claudius, in his prayer, says that he "cannot" be forgiven for his "foul murder" because he cannot give up the things for which he murdered.

the queen does not feature in the list of things that claudius cannot give up. claudius married gertrude only to use her as a means to achieve his goals. he never loved her or cared about her. she is of no value to him anymore. claudius only wished for the throne, the wealth, and the power and murdering hamlet's father allowed him to have a right over all these things.

if the italicized noun phrase is "the chairman", the correct option is s (subject). this noun phrase performs the syntactic function of subject of the main clause, as it preceeds the verb phrase ("heard") and is the doer of the action.

if the italicized noun phrase is "what was said about the program", the correct option is do (direct object). this noun phrase follows a transitive verb ("heard"), which requires a direct object to fully complete its meaning.

if the italicized noun phrase is "the program". the correct option is op (object of preposition). this noun phrase follows a preposition ("about"), which requires a prepositional object in order to complete its meaning.