Badminton is a neglected racket sport in this country. The volleys are fast-paced. The slams can be sizzling. Drop shots can be extremely delicate.
These sentences are too short and choppy; they need to be combined into one concise thought. Which sentence best accomplishes this task without changing the writer's original meaning?

A) Badminton gets a bad wrap; people should watch it sometime; it's great.
B) When you play badminton, you can get hurt by the volleys, the slams, and the drop shots.
C) Badminton is a game in which the volleys are fast-paced and the slams are sizzling and the drop shots are delicate.
Eliminate
D) Badminton, a neglected sport in this country, is a fast-paced racket game that combines sizzling slams and delicate drop shots.

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Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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