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The following sentence is an example of which stylistic sentence pattern: “Within six hours, the computer virus had spread worldwide, infecting mail servers and Web servers and home users and business networks.”?

Answer 1

The sentence is an example of the stylistic sentence pattern called polysyndeton where a conjunction (such as and) is repeated in quick succession for dramatic effect.

In this instance, the author wished to emphasize the detrimental impact of the devastation caused by the virus, so the reader would experience a greater impact from reading it. The repeated use of and in this sentence could be avoided by simply listing the servers and networks affected.

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.