Because in an essay, you need to be as professional and un-bias as possible. A first person essay just looks immature in general, not to mention it full of bias and opinions. An essay needs to lay down facts and statistics, not blurt opinions and personal preferences. <span />
It continues from the moment of conception until the individual reaches maturity. It takes place at a slow or a rapid rate but at a regular pace rather than by leaps and bounds.
Answer:
1. A. a humble
2. B. unpleasant ... unpopular
Explanation:
1. Despite is used for contrast. Therefore, if you are talking about growing wealth and power, you could imply that the person would most likely by greedy, or an irritable person. However, despite says the opposite. Thus, B and C are wrong. The level of intelligence is not relevant in this question so D is also wrong.
2. Because is used for reason. It usually creates a cause and effect sentence. Being friendly does not make a person despised. Generosity does not lead to wealth so C is also wrong. The strangeness of a person also does not have anything to do with their own fortune as it is only a behavioural act and has nothing to do with one's future and fortune. It can only make sense that if a person is unpleasant, they are unpopular as people generally do not like to be around others that are unpleasant to them.
Answer: (A: There
Bold= used correctly
<em>Italics</em>= used incorrectly
"They’re about to get their boots and go hiking, but<em> there</em> worried about the rain and the mud."
"They're" and "their" are used correctly. This leaves us with "there" being used incorrectly. It should be: they're. Therefore the answer is (A There.