What is ironic about Mr. Hale's dismissive statement that "women are used to worrying over trifles"?

What will be an ideal response?


* It's the "trifles" that the women notice that enable them to piece together the mystery in very little time.
* Even though the women are not professionals like the men, they are better able to discern what happened and why.

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All of the following are true about relative pronouns except a. The relative pronouns who and whoever function as the subject of the relative clause. b. The relative pronouns whom and whomever function as the object of the relative clause. c. The relative pronouns that and which usually refer to things

d. The relative pronoun who's indicates ownership.

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Un baile original de Puerto Rico es_______.

Presentación para el Club de Español En el avión de vuelta a Estados Unidos, las amigas están preparando una pequeña presentación para el Club de Español de su universidad. Ayúdalas a recordar la información que quieren presentar sobre Puerto Rico y otros países del Caribe. Completa la información con la respuesta correcta.

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Which one of the following sentences has a pronoun error?

a) He and Charles exercised the horses today. b) The cat has fleas in its fur. c) Her or I should be able to figure out this problem d) The DMV sent me my driver’s license.

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What are criteria?

a. types of details b. principles or standards by which something is judged c. ethical reasons d. none of the above

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