(1) the only marsupial native to north america is the virginia opossum. (2) like all opossums, it crawls into its mother’s pouch shortly after birth. (3) there, it is nourished until it is about 10 weeks old. (4) a newborn opossum is extremely . (5) it is very small. (6) it is furless. (7) it is sightless. (8) though youngsters leave the pouch after about 10 weeks, they continue to follow their mother on feeding expeditions for some time. which is the most effective way to vary the length of the sentences in the passage? rewrite sentence (4) to make it into a subordinate clause. divide sentence (1) into two shorter sentences. insert more detail into sentence (8) to lengthen it. combine sentences (5), (6), and (7) to create a series.

This small text concerns Virgina opossum, the member of marsupials found in North America.  All the eight sentences contain information regarding to that animal. So that, by working through answers we can answer to the question which our aim is to find the most suitable way to represent this text with one sentence or in some other way shown in the options. First 3 options give information about the animal, but partly. However, the last one full describes the animal in regards with the core information for the text. Therefore, the correct answer is the last option - combination of the sentences (5), (6) and (7).

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the error in the sentence is a "dangling modifier". a dangling modifier is a phrase, word or clause that "dangles" because there is not target to modify. in this case, "after mopping the floor" is the dangling modifier since it has no word to modify. the noun "house" cannot mop the floor; therefore there is a mistake in the writing of the sentence.