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Who would be the best intended audience for this paragraph?The moon is not really made of green cheese. It is made of atoms found in rocks and dirt. Clouds are not made of cotton candy, but of atoms found in air and water.
Godwin believed that _____ was the key towards moving people toward rational thinking.
William Whyte's The Organization Man influenced the technology companies who started in the 1970s in what area?
From the following options, what suggestion would you make when editing the paragraph below?'I love to hear the rain falling. It doesn't matter if it is reining hard or soft; I love it. I love what the rain represents - cleansing and nurturing for all of the Earth. The rain is amazing.'
What would be the BEST editing option for the paragraph below?'Cars are one of the ways people all over the world travel. Transportation has changed a lot over the past 200 years. People travel at speeds most couldn't imagine 200 years ago. A distant land most could only dream of can now be traveled to by the average person in many countries.'
r-modified lax values of stressed final position vowel monographs
A stressed monographic vowel followed by another unstressed vowel
BATH lexical set (unvoiced fricatives f,θ, s in coda position)
r-modified tense values of stressed final position vowel monographs
approximants (manner of articulation)
unvoiced affricative (manner of articulation)
voiced affricative (manner of articulation)
nasal consonants (manner of articulation)
lateral consonant (manner of articulation)
unvoiced plosives (manner of articulation)
interdentals (place of articulation)
voiced fricatives (manner of articulation)
labio-dentals (place of articulation)
unvoiced fricatives (manner of articulation)
voiced plosives (manner of articulation)