The other factor is location/place
Older people are less susceptible to conformity because they've most likely been in conformity for a majority of their lives (older generations had less freedom) and they don't want to go through that again.
The answer is "the pool."
The expression "in their backyard" is a prepositional phrase, which modifies the noun before it.
Prepositional phrases are words arranged without a subject or verb. They are usually made up of either a preposition and a noun, a preposition and a gerund, or a preposition and a clause.
If prepositional phrases modify a noun, as in this case, they are called "adjectival phrases."
Answer:
B). Appositive phrase
Explanation:
The bold words in the given sentence('a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson') exemplify an appositive phrase as it functions to define the noun 'Oliver Wendell Holmes' which it follows. The appositive phrases primarily <u>function to identify, define, or rename the noun or noun phrase it succeeds</u>. <em>The use of commas suggests that the appositive phrase provides further/bonus information to identify the noun</em>. Thus, <u>option B</u> is the correct answer.
