Answer:I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you.
Explanation:
I looked this question up and found out that the underlined phrase should be "was attending". The answer choices for this question are the following:
A. noun clause
B. verb phrase
C. adjectival phrase
D. adverbial clause
Answer:
The underlined phrase is a:
B. verb phrase
Explanation:
A verb phrase consists of a main verb or of a main verb and the auxiliary or modal verbs that accompany it. Take a look at the examples below:
- Joshua sang beautifully last night. --> verb phrase is "sang"
- Eileen has gone to Ireland. --> verb phrase is "has gone"
Thus, we can easily see that "was attending" is also a verb phrase. The main verb is "attending" and the auxiliary is "was".
The correct answer is ethical
He was highly unethical and plotted and schemed the downfall of the man who loved him and plotted against his country.
Answer: A. It reveals to the reader how military conflict is eventually inevitable.
Explanation:
The excerpt shows why human military conflict is inevitable because humans adhere to different political ideologies and conditions such that one group of humans will attempt to impose a certain political condition on another which they will reject.
In the second group rejecting the condition, they will enter into a conflict with the first group which might then lead to military conflict.