Choose the option that supplies the correct verb and the correct explanation for the verb choice in the following sentence: The window fans and the air conditioner stored in the walk-in closet downstairs.

(A) The verb should be is. When two subjects are joined by and, they are considered separate subjects and the verb should agree with the subject closest to it, air conditioner.
(B) The verb should be are. When two subjects are joined by and, they are considered separate subjects, and the verb should agree with the subject listed first in the sentence, window fans.
(C) The verb should be is. When a compound subject is followed by a prepositional phrase, the verb should agree with the object of the preposition, closet.
(D) The verb should be are because a compound subject joined by and always requires a plural form of the verb.

(D) The verb should be are because a compound subject joined by and always requires a plural form of the verb.

Explanation:

A compound subject consists of two or more simple subjects that share a verb or verb phrase. These subjects are joined by a conjunction such as and, or, or nor, etc.

Since the two objects mentioned ( i.e window fans and air conditioner) are two different objects that cannot be combined to be one, the sentence is a plural compound sentence and not a singular compound sentence. "Are" is the appropriate conjunction to use.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: the three main types of third-person point of view are: white employ the third-person-omniscient point of view. third-person limited: a narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the perspective of a single character.

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