Read the following and determine if adding a coordinate or subordinate clause would improve the style and smoothness of the writing. Choose the answer that best rewrites the sentence, or choose to leave it unedited. When I have an argument with someone, I do my best to resolve it quickly.

A. The sentence is fine as it is.
B. While I have an argument with someone, I do my best to resolve it quickly.
C. I have an argument with someone, but I do my best to resolve it quickly.
D. I have an argument with someone. I do my best to resolve it quickly.

A. The sentence is fine as it is.

Explanation:

The given sentence is fine as it is. It is a complex sentence, which means that it consists of one independent and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause.

Option B is the second-best option. It's also a complex sentence, but it would be better to use when as the subordinating conjunction instead of while.

Option C is a compound sentence, which means that it consists of two independent clauses. I have an argument with someone isn't grammatically correct, which is why this option is incorrect. Option D is similar. The only difference is that the two independent clauses are separated.

This is why option A is the correct one.

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)

usually, a falcon can kill an owl, and horses don't normally eat each other.