11. Read this sentence. The amount of water used by Americans can be reduced by turning off faucets when not in
use, decreasing the time spent in showers and running washing machines less frequently.
Which edit should be made to correct the sentence?

A. Insert a comma after Americans.
B. Delete the comma after use.
C. Insert a comma after showers.
D. Insert a comma after machines.

C

Explanation:

If you read it out loud, you can tell that "Decreasing the time spent in showers and running washing machines less frequently" is too much of a run on sentence.

Reading it after the comma is placed in front of 'showers', it makes much more sense.

answer: may i see the sentences?

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.