Lucy: “mr. smith is refusing to accept my science project because he says my paper isn’t long enough! i just don’t understand; i worked so hard on that and now it was all a waste of time.” peter: “don’t worry, you can always enter again next year.” lucy: “i don’t know why i bother talking to you, you don’t listen to a word i say! ”

what adjustments can lucy and peter each make to their communication, in order to avoid misunderstandings like this in the future?

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.