The answer to the question is A
I wanna say that your answer is B. Let me know if you get it right!
Answer: Benjamen Solomon Carson was born on Sept. 18, 1951, in Detroit, Mich. His parents divorced when he was eight, and he livedwith his mother and brother first in Boston and then back in Detroit. He was a poor academic student in elementary school untilhis mother began to limit his television watching and had him read two books a week and write book reports.In 2008, Pres. George W. Bushawarded Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2009 a movie about Carson's life,GiftedHands: The Ben Carson Storypremiered on television. Carson was the author of an autobiography,Gifted Hands(1990), written with Cecil Murphey, as well as several motivational books.In 1983 Carson moved to Perth, Australia, to work as a chief neurosurgery resident at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. After a yearspent gaining experience, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he was named director of pediatric neurosurgery. There he earneda reputation for dealing with difficult cases using advanced surgical methods. In 1985 he performed his first successfulhemispherectomy, a procedure that removes part of the brain in order to control chronic seizures. He also became known for hiswork separating conjoined twins, in 1987 completing the first successful separation of craniopagus twins (joined at the head).
Explanation:
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "a. Most people seek to avoid death, but the old man looks for it." The ironic about the attitude that the old man has toward Death is that <span>a. Most people seek to avoid death, but the old man looks for it.</span>
The essential appositive in the sentence "astronomer maia mitchell discovered a comet in 1847 and went on to become the first professional female astronomer in the united states," is Maia Mitchel. The last option is correct.
An appositive consists on a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words.
In this particular case, the words Maia Mitchell which is a proper noun is renaming the noun astronomer, which is right before it and constitutes the subject of the sentence.
