The wizened old man sighed and at the horizon for a long moment before he spoke. which of the following verbs would make the sentence parallel? a. gazedb. had gazedc. was gazingd. began to gaze

D) The soldier maintains love for his country despite losing several members of his squad in a battle.

Explanation:

Parallelism refers to a quality of sentences in which the different parts of the sentence match in tense and number. Parallelism allows sentences to be more readable, as well as more logical. In this case, the verb "sighed" is found in the simple past form. Therefore, the verb "gaze" should also take the simple past form. This means that the correct verb to use would be "gazed."

    prior to dee leaving home, the everyday objects in her household were just that- everyday objects. she took no special notice of any of them. however, once she returns home, all of these objects represent great culture significance to her. she is incredibly enthused about how great the wooden benches and old quilts are because she thinks it is in-style to be in touch with her own culture.

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faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.