Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street. woman one (a little reluctantly) well . . sometimes i go to bed late at night. a couple of times . . a couple of times i'd come out on the porch and i'd see mr. goodman here in the wee hours of the morning standing out in front of his house . . looking up at the sky. (she looks around the circle of faces.) that's right looking up at the sky as if . . as if he were waiting for something. (a pause) as if he were looking for something. there's a murmur of reaction from the crowd again. how does woman one’s claim about les goodman affect other elements in the story? the neighbors become more sympathetic toward les goodman. the neighbors become even more suspicious of les goodman. the neighbors become less frightened of les goodman. the neighbors become more protective of les goodman.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

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basic principle: a pronoun usually refers to something earlier in the text (its antecedent) and must agree in number — singular/plural — with the thing to which it refers. the indefinite pronouns anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one, and nobody are always singular.