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31.03.2022 05:52 •  Английский язык

1. выпишите из абзаца №1 все имена существительные в форме множественного числа и преобразуйте их в единственное. 2. выпишите из текста все имена прилагательные и преобразуйте их в сравнительную и превосходную степени сравнения. in 1900, in the united states there were no drinking fountains. instead, public drinking dippers in water barrels were widely used by thirsty travelers. one young man, named hugh moore, decided the practice was unsanitary. he wanted first of all to make pure spring water available, and he wanted a way for people to drink it which would be germ free. moore designed a cup made of paper. these paper cups seemed clumsy at first, but a drink of spring water from a clean paper cup was so inviting that thousands tried it. moore installed cup – vending machines at trolley line comers, and on a hot day a five – gallon bottle could be emptied in an hour. sales of the “health cup” were assured once moore succeeded in having them placed in railroads cars. with the name changed to dixie cup, his sanitary paper containers became standard items on trains and in soda fountains. by 1960, dixie cups were selling at the rate of more than fifty million dollars worth per year.