Knowing that mrs. mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her (1)as gently as possible the news of her husbands death. which is the best revision of sentence (1)? a) knowing that mrs. mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. b) knowing that mrs. mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her, as gently as possible, the news, of her husband's death. c) knowing that mrs. mallard, was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. d) knowing that mrs. mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

D) Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

Explanation:

The best revision of the sentence includes a comma to separate the present participle clause Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble from the next clause.

The rest of the choices are incorrect because option A has no commas at all, sentence B contains unnecessary commas, and option C separates the suject from the verb in the participle clause.

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

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