Read the passage. look closely at the last sentence in section or paragraph 1. there may be a mistake in the way the sentence is written. if you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. if there is no mistake, choose 'correct as is.' a) correct as is. b) when there ships came safely into port, they said it was woden’s breath that had filled their sails and wafted their vessels over the blue waters. c) when their ships came safely into port, they said it was woden’s breath that had filled there sails and wafted there vessels over the blue waters. d) when they're ships came safely into port, they said it was woden’s breath that had filled their sails and wafted their vessels over the blue waters.

A) Correct as is.

Explanation:

This is what the correct version of the passage looks like:

When their ships came safely into port, they said it was Woden’s breath that had filled their sails and wafted their vessels over the blue waters.

The version B isn't correct as their ships, and not there ships should be written. The words their and there often get mixed up because of their similar pronunciation. Their is the possessive form of they, while there means in or at that place.

The version C is wrong because it should be their sails and not there sails. The explanation is the same as in the previous case.

In the version D we have they're ships instead of their ships. This is another common mistake made because of similar pronunciation. They're is a contraction of they are, while their, once again, is the possessive form of they we need here.

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identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.