SOMEOME PLEASE HELP ME!! F. Complete with the Present Perfect Simple or the
Present Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. A: I (look) for a fashionable pair of boots since
last month but so far I (not find) anything
B: Why don't you check out the new department store?
I think I (see) some nice boots there.
2. A: So, Tina (save) up enough
money to buy the bike she wants?
B: Yes, she (work) part-time for three months
now and she (manage) to put 300 euros
aside.

1. a: have been looking; have not found

b: have seen

2. a: has Tina been saving

b: has been working; has managed

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

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.