[1] thomas paine, a pivotal figure in the american revolution, was born in britain in 1737. [2] when he was in his mid-thirties, he met benjamin franklin in london. [3] franklin paine move to philadelphia, where he pursued a career in journalism, he became the editor of pennsylvania magazine. [4] in 1776, paine authored a pro-independence pamphlet called common sense, which was widely read throughout the colonies.
which sentence should be revised to improve this paragraph’s sentence fluency?
a. sentence 1
b. sentence 2
c. sentence 3
d. sentence 4

The answer is: C. sentence 3

In the paragraph about Thomas Paine, sentence three must be revised because it contains a comma splice, which is the wrong use of a comma to separate two independent clauses. It can be corrected by adding a conjunction after the comma, by joining the clauses with a semicolon, or by writing separate sentences.

Therefore, the sentence can be revised in three ways:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

d. cassius cannot believe that a weakling like caesar has become so great.