Write down three of Bradford's sentences that contain elements of plain styles, such as everyday language and direct statements. Recast theses sentences into plain, modern prose. How did your change affect the sound of the sentence? (Reverence "Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford")

Answer and Explanation:

“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage" reformulation: All major difficulties must be faced with courage in order to achieve great victories. Reformulation effect: The reformulation left the sentence smaller, more objective and sonorously more modern. This allows for faster and more effective understanding.

“Nevertheless, to keep a good conscience, and walk in such a way as God has prescribed in his word, is a thing which I must prefer before you all, and above life itself.”  Reformulation: The most important thing that we must defend is the use of conscience according to the word of God. Reformulation effect: Once again the sentence became more concise and direct, as it eliminated unnecessary words, making the sentence shorter and more easily identified by the listener, who can interpret it quickly.

“That with their miseries they opened a way to these new lands; and after these hardships, with what ease other men came to inhabit them,”  Reformulation: It was necessary for the pioneers to face the problems in the new land, so that other individuals knew that it was possible to inhabit these lands. Reformulation effect: The reformulation left the historical event of colonization more efficiently, allowing the reader to quickly identify what was being talked about.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

do you have part b? ?

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