In the following scenario, which maxim is not being observed?
evan: did you finish that project i gave you?
allen: well, i started it yesterday morning. i got through about two-thirds of it, but then i noticed that some data was missing. i went and asked amy about it. she had it; she just forgot to print one page, so i included it in my analysis, and then this morning, i finished writing it all up. so, yeah, it's done.
evan: wow.
maxim of quantity
maxim of quality
maxim of relevance
maxim of manner

The answer is option D.

Explanation:

For this question, the four options are part of the Grice's Maxims. As part of them, maxim of manner refers to a situation when a person avoids ambiguity by expressing their ideas as clearly and orderly as possible.  In this case, Allen mentions a part of the project, but it doesn't specify what it is and the use of pronouns in his speech is ambiguous, so option D is the correct answer.

the answern should be b, if it is the part where the mob has gathered

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.