Select the indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs. Rockwell said that he was striving to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he strived to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he had been striving to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything. Mark this and return

This question is missing the quotation. I've found it online. It is as follows:

"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).

The indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs is:

4. Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.

Explanation:

In this question, we were asked to work with indirect speech. Indirect speech means we are reporting what was said by someone. The general rule is that, when we report, we should use the past tense of the original tense used by the speaker. That is, if the speaker used verbs in the Simple Present, we should report them in the Simple Past etc. There are exceptions to this general rule, of course. In some specific cases, we will not change the verb tense. But, since the quotation we are working with is indeed about something that has already taken place, we must make the changes. When the speaker uses the Simple Past, we should report with the Past Perfect. Therefore:

"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).

Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.

we need to see the examples!

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).