Which of the following sentences uses the correct subject-verb agreement.
a. at the party there were no one i knew.
b. there was many problems with the construction of the house.
c. one important aspect of the book is it detailed descriptions.

C. One important aspect of the book is it detailed descriptions.

Explanation:

A. At the party there were no one I knew.

Wrong. The subject is in the first person singular form. Thus, the use of the verb "were" should be changed to "was".

B. There was many problems with the construction of the house.

Wrong. The use of the verb "was" is wrong. The subject is plural, thus the verb will also have to be in the plural form.

C. One important aspect of the book is it detailed descriptions.

Correct. The verb "is" agrees with the subject "it".

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.