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Grandmother described our weather perfectly and poetically: "Here are the long heavy winds and breathless calms on the tilted mesas where dust devils dance, whirling up into a wide, pale sky. Here you have no rain when all the earth cries for it. This is a land of lost rivers, with little in it to love, yet, it is a land that once visited must be come back to inevitably." If it were not so, there would be no one to tell of its harshness, beauty, and power.

Does the bolded portion contain an error? Choose the correction if one is needed.

poetically; "Here are

poetically, "Here are

poetically "Here are

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Blossom

16 April, 09:31

Read the passage and examine the text in bold. Then, answer the question.

Grandmother described our weather perfectly and poetically: "Here are the long heavy winds and breathless calms on the tilted mesas where dust devils dance, whirling up into a wide, pale sky. Here you have no rain when all the earth cries for it. This is a land of lost rivers, with little in it to love, yet, it is a land that once visited must be come back to inevitably." If it were not so, there would be no one to tell of its harshness, beauty, and power.

Does the bolded portion contain an error? Choose the correction if one is needed.

poetically; "Here are

poetically, "Here are

poetically "Here are

No correction needed

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Adan Houston · Answer 1

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Explanation:

The original sentence introduces this quote accurately. In these lines, we learn that the author wants to talk about his grandmother. He wants to tell the reader what the grandmother said about the landscape. In order to introduce this quote, the author uses a colon. Moreover, the author employs quotation marks to indicate that this is a literal quote.