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In this AP Language and Composition drill question, read the provided passage and infer information based upon footnote two. AP Language and Com...

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The primary purpose of including Nasmyth's story (lines 15–17) is to


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Okay A p laying people We've read the passage We've

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digested it We've mumbled through it and just get to

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the question all right The primary purpose of including now

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as myths story in lines fifteen through seventeen is what

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No Let's cruise here to fifteen to seventeen and just

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mumble for you at no extra charge Thank you very

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much Yada yada like that Smith who tells it is

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i don't love you man You know that He's thinking

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one of friends had a charming and kindly twinkle On

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one days brother discovered that he had a glass high

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You know he's got a sense of humor there All

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right Well before recounting as miss story the speaker expresses

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the opinion that if we make mistakes it's better that

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they be kind of mistakes The anecdote about nah smith

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and the glass eye reinforces that perspective Think of all

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the awkward moments that could have been avoided with this

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golden rule All the stories but playful but absurd So

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get rid of d That's just too strong a word

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and the rest of the passage isn't exactly somber Get

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rid of a where that come from The consequences of

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nasa mis mistake aren't discussed anywhere in sea like another

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where'd that come from Like the text has to be

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in the text or it doesn't count And there's no

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clear analogy to plunging into science So get rid of

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b it's way more an example of charitable mistake So

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the answer is you know to express the speaker's opinion 00:01:20.931 --> [endTime] regarding mistakes That's it It's e

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