"i purchased a kool action game system from bullseye on october 27, 2010, for $109.99. it seemed like a great price until i got it home and began trying to put the thing together. several parts are missing, and the store refuses to exchange the unit because it was on sale. it was not marked “as is,” so i expected a complete and functioning unit."

evaluate the clarity and effectiveness of the excerpt from a letter of complaint above. what, if anything, should be added to this excerpt to the reader address the concern?

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]