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Which of the following is NOT an essential element in American Realistic fiction? 

In his work Fire Next Time, James Baldwin argues for 

(1) Working and going to school at the same time is difficult. (2) It's hard to find time to do school work, andthere's no time for goofing off, leisure, relaxing and enjoying yourself. (3) What makes the situation worse isthat as a young person, the only jobs available are usually boring or unpleasant.(4) When I worked at the movie complex, I was getting paid minimum wage. (5) I had to run from theater totheater to clean each as quickly as possible. (6) Picking up of garbage was not only disgusting, it was alsoexhausting. (7) Spilled drinks made the seats and floors sticky. (8) Popcorn that was dropped and stepped onbecame a mushy pulp.(9) The video rental store wasn't much better. (10) I always had a manager looking over my shoulder to makesure that I did everything right. (11) I was constantly being threatened with losing my job, and the customershave been the rudest people I ever met. (12) They would take pleasure in making my life as difficult aspossible.(13) Working the buffet line at Soupserve depressed me also. (14) But it was the rude customers that made thejob unpleasant. (15) Sweating from the high temperatures, the customers complained the food was not warmenough, while I served them standing between the warming ovens and the steam table.(16) Having these jobs has convinced me that I need to complete my education. (17) I'm looking forward tocompleting my degree in my chosen field, business, and going to work as an accountant, which won't be asboring and unpleasant as the jobs I've held while in school.Which of the following is the best way to revise the underlined portions of sentences 7 and 8 so that the twosentences are combined into one?Spilled drinks made the seats and floors sticky. Popcornt hat was dropped and stepped on became a mushypulp.

The committee requested that my brother and me resubmit our proposal with additional details about our plan to revive the downtown waterfront area. No error

Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select option no error. The actors (1) were (2) already to perform long (3) before the curtain (4) went up.