Q: a: you are giving a speech to local business leaders about supporting new sales tax laws. which information is important to your audience? a) how the police are affected by the new laws b) how the new laws will affect local business income c) how the laws will be enforced by the state or county eliminate d) how the sales tax has been used historically in the us

As you are addressing your speech to the local business leaders, the information you provide should be of their interest because you may want to persuade them of doing something. In this case, B) is the correct answer because it includes information about how the new laws will affect your audience directly. This kind of information will call their attention, and it will be useful to them.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

dang did this test hmmm lemme think

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