Underline compound nouns in the following sentences and write down their plural forms. 1. Mohamed wants to be a quantity surveyor in the near future. 2. Rainwater had carried away all the top fertile soil. 3. The footballer was shown a yellow card by the referee. 4. None of the candidates won the elections, forcing a runoff. 5. The goalkeeper saved the penalty in the first half. 6. He killed the wild dog with a sledge hammer 7. Aisha's tape-recorder was stolen today. 8. The filmgoer was disappointed with the movie. 10. She attended a creative writing workshop in hotel Afrik.​

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

In this example, what does the author use to describe laurie

Would the essay be more or less effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?