In the book the giver there are two instances of rule-breaking in this chapter. consider each one. do you feel the punishment was justified?

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The punishment was justified because it was simple and straight to the point for the baby’s name to be mention early. It reflected the characters actions and if there was any punishment that was even crueler that wouldn’t be very fair.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

●intensive purposes is the correct answer