I believe that metal detectors are a necessary security feature. They should be installed in all public buildings to keep people safe. It is not always possible to know if someone is dangerous by looking at them. By using metal detectors, however, we can keep those who may be carrying concealed weapons away from innocent people. What is the main point of the article writer's argument?
A.
Metal detectors do not always work and are not reliable.
B.
There should be more security officers in public places.
C.
People should not be allowed to carry weapons in public.
D.
Metal detectors in public buildings help keep people safe.

Her brother joined the army before he finished college. identify the adverb clause in the sentence. a) finished college b) her brother joined c) brother joined the army d) before he finished college

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry