8) "It is a singular thing altogether, this horror of the architecture of
things.
In this sentence, what function is served by the independent clause?
It helps to give more information concerning what
A)
the "singular thing" is.
It helps to give more information concerning what
B)
the "horror of the architecture of things" is.
It helps to give information about BOTH the "singular
C)
thing" AND "the horror of the architecture of things."
It helps to give information about NEITHER the
D "singular thing" NOR "the horror of the architecture
of things," but about something else entirely

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

we need more information in order to answer.

the correct answer should be a