the linking verb: is
predicate noun: need
predicate adjective: basic
Your answer is a hyphen.
The sign is (-)
A hyphen<span> is used to join compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine when they must be written out. A hyphen is also used when the numbers in a ratio are spelled out.
hoped it helped
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A) Sympathetic,
B) Noel began to wonder how a dog came to be in such a sad condition as this one. Did no one ever want it?
C) Even as a puppy, was this fellow not cute enough to find a good family? Had it always been this ugly? Hadn't anyone ever been kind to it?
In Mark Twain's "A Cub Pilot", Mr. Bixby, who is the main captain of the steamboat, plays the role of some sort of mentor to young Mark Twain, someone to look up to, because he has has always wanted to become a steamboat pilot. His main teacher, Mr. Brown, is rude and violent to him, while Mr. Bixby is not. He sort of represents wisdom and young Twain's perseverance to become a pilot in chief.
