Crutch Words, Informal Speech A speaker says:
And you don't have to do it, like, if you don't want to.

Which of the following is the correct way to transcribe this according to our Clean Verbatim Style Guide?

A) You do not have to do it if you do not want to.
B) And you don't have to do it, like, if you don't want to.
C) And you don't have to do it if you don't want to.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.