What caused the people of Poker Flat to be ‘after somebody’?
A) A citizen was in big trouble.
B) A citizen caused a fight in town.
C) Somebody had committed a murder and fled to the town of Poker Flat to escape capture.
D) The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
Answer: Option D.
Explanation:
Poker Flat has a notoriety of being a somewhat uncivilized, ungovernable settlement where hoodlums, gamblers, and prostitutes frequent and make their living.
In any case, Poker Flat has as of late encountered a "spasm of virtuous reaction" in the wake of enduring the loss of a few thousand dollars, two significant steeds, and a noticeable resident.
Answer:
The correct way to write the sentence "the war was over soldiers spread baseball across the U.S" is the following:
The war was over, and soldiers spread baseball across the U.S
Explanation:
In order to connect the two independent clauses "the war was over" and "soldiers spread baseball across the U.S" you first need to use a conjunction, in this case the word "and". when you are using a conjunction to link two independenc causes, you need to add a comma before the conjunction, therefore the corrected sentence would be: The war was over, and soldiers spread baseball across the U.S.