It means most important. For example, a priority for you would be to get good grades. It's currently the most important thing for you right now.
In the sentence “The accountant desires to be honest rather than rich”, the type of verbal is “infinitive”. The infinitive form of a verb is preceded by the preposition “to” which in this case is “to be”.
A gerund is a verbal acting as a noun and it is form by “verb+ing”. A participle is a verbal acting as an adjective and it is formed by past form of verb. So in this case the only answer that applies is “infinitive”
Answer:
to help explain why he was so driven to discover the Titanic
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from "Exploring the Titanic", the quote from a reporter is included which says that it must be the dre of every diver to find the Titanic, but it is probably impossible as she is sunk so deep into the sea that no one could possibly find her.
The author most likely include this quotation from the Sea Rovers meeting to help explain why he was so driven to discover the Titanic.
Answer:
Question one is A and question two is a question that is from a book author I know nothing about
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