"My ability to Just Say No to a needy animal is seriously underdeveloped. That is why, in a nutshell, we are now the owners of two dogs, three cats, a cockatiel and a parakeet, and have seen a succession of gerbils, lizards, and other creatures
come and go over the years." (Paragraph 2)
1. In the excerpt, the word succession (sək-sësh'ɔn) means
a. victory
b. surprise.
c. lack
d. series
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Read the corporate document. all employees of cozy clothes ltd. are entitled to a 40 percent discount on regularly priced merchandise and a 20 percent discount on sale-priced merchandise. to apply this discount to an employee purchase, follow this procedure: 1. enter the purchaser’s employee id number into the cash register when prompted. 2. apply the appropriate discount. 3. apply sales tax. 4. print an additional copy of the sales receipt. initial both copies. 5. add the additional copy to the register drawer to be included with the nightly closeout report. what is the purpose of the numbering in this document? to indicate steps in a process to emphasize supporting ideas to signal the text’s main ideas to show the meaning of policies