Answer: an adverb .
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(Note: Adverbs can modify other adverbs.).
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This excerpt comes from the play “<em><u>The Little Foxes”</u></em> written by <u>Lillian Hellman.</u> The cunning Regina and her greedy brothers Ben and Oscar are scheming to extract money from her husband Horace’s business.
Question: Which best describes why Regina tells the group “I explained to Ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you—”?
Answer: C. to convince Ben that he has been wise to trust what she has said
