Answer:
The infinite phrase is choice A: "to return the sweater".
Explanation:
An infinite phrase is described as a verb plus modifying words. "Return" is a verb, and "to" is a modifying word. "To return" is the infinite phrase.
It helps create a concerned, yet optimistic tone.
Answer:
1. <u>Your friendship over the years and your support</u> (has/HAVE) meant a great deal to us.
Explanation:
When a compound subject is connected by 'and,' you use a plural verb.
To understand if they are noun phrases or not, it is necessary to understand its definition:
A noun phrase is a word or a set of words including a noun, whose function in a sentence can be: to act as a subject, an object or a prepositional object.
Sentence A is not a noun phrase. it is a prepositional phrase functioning as the postmodifier of the noun phrase (a lovely bouquet).
Sentence B is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence.
Sentence C is a noun phrase functioning as a direct object.
Sentence D is not a noun phrase, as it is a dependent clause and has not nouns in it.