Since gracie is writing an academic essay and needs to make her ideas clear, she needs to revise the following sentence: it always amazes me when people get excited about the snow because for me, it's commonplace. what does she need to do? select one: a. replace the contraction it's with "it is" b. change the word "gets" to "got" c. eliminate "it always amazes me when" d. revise the entire sentence so it reads: though it is mind-boggling, people maintain their enthusiasm about snow; however, for me, it's nothing more than a commonplace experience.

D. Revise the entire sentence so it reads: Though it is mind-boggling, people maintain their enthusiasm about snow; however, for me, it's nothing more than a commonplace experience.

Explanation:

The revised sentence above is more objective and formal for academic writing. Although both sentences talk about a personal opinion, the second version is more academic because it establishes the opinion of others first and then it introduces the personal opinion, that makes it more objective. Moreover, the original sentence has too many informal elements, while the second option proves to be more fit for academic writing.

Option A = WRONG because although contractions are not usually allowed in academic writing, they can be used and besides, this option does not completely answer the question, we need to change more things to make it right for academic writing.

Option B = WRONG because the sentence is written in simple present.

Option C = WRONG because if we eliminate "it always amazes me when" the rest of the sentence doesn't make sense, it would read "People get excited about snow because for me, it's commonplace"

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in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!