Which sentence contains parallel structure? a. this peaceful protest the workers staged in the parking lot has been witnessed by drivers, pedestrians, and residents of the neighborhood. b. the workers staged a peaceful protest in a parking lot of this active community, and it has been witnessed by all the pedestrians who travel here. c. a peaceful protest, witnessed by many, was held today in this parking lot; everyone who witnessed the workers’ actions will understand their ideals. d. every driver traveling down this road, every pedestrian crossing this street, every resident of this neighborhood has witnessed the workers’ peaceful protest.

What do the details in this excerpt readers to infer about the barbarians?

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .