<span>The statement which best describes Tea Cake’s intent in mentioning Janie and Mrs. Turner to Mr. Turner is A) He hopes Mr. Turner can influence Mrs. Turner to visit less frequently. He tries to express his dissatisfaction of the visits through a gentle hint and examples from his own life. He doesn't say anything directly, but it seems that Cake thinks that Mr, Turner can change the situation after his words.
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Answer:
The group of words is a phrase and is missing a verb; it cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Explanation:
"Planning on getting married for over a year" is not a sentence.<u> It doesn't have a subject </u>and is missing a "helping verb." It is a phrase because it doesn't have a complete thought.
It is the helping verb that helps the main verb "planning" in order to describe whether the action is happening in the<em> past, present or future.</em>
Examples of helping verbs:<em> is, are, was, were, been, have, had, has</em>.
To make the example into a sentence, you may say:
"She's been planning on getting married for over a year."
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