A strong gust of wind <u>could</u>(1) <u>topple</u>(2) our little tent.
The helping verb is could
The main verb is topple
You can identify helping verbs in a<em> </em><em>verb phrase</em>. Verb phrases consists of the main verb alone, or the main verb + helping verbs. The main verb always comes last in the verb phrase.
Other examples of verb phrases with helping verb (HV) and main verb (MV):
The prices of houses <u>could</u> (HV) <u>fall.</u> (MV)
They <u>should</u> (HV) <u>wait</u> (MV) before leaving.
Answer: C
Explanation: C is how an ellipsis is correctly used. Using three periods to show the cut, transfer, or loss of context.
<span>Edward Arlington Robinson wrote a poem called “Aunt Imogen” which takes into deep consideration the life of a woman who lives in the city far from her sister's farm but every now and then she visits her sister. His poem is considered part of early modernism because of his use of traditional verse form, but rather than describing actions of the character the poet looks into consideration Aunt imogen's reflection on her life, her realizations, and her attempt to cope with her circumstances. His work is much different because of his use of connotative and figurative language, and the themes of alienation and of self-reflection of the life of Aunt Imogen, a the end of the poem aunt imogen learns to cope with her feelings stating that “<span>They were not hers, not even one of them: She was not born to be so much as that, For she was born to be Aunt Imogen”</span></span>
