It is the very first line from the poem “Silver” by Walter de la Mare that best illustrates alliteration, mostly because in this line the author uses a variety of syllables.
The italicized word OVER can be used either as a preposition or as an adverb in a sentence. In this particular sentence, the correct answer is adverb.
When over is used as an adverb, it is not followed by any word which would create a phrase along with it (as is the case here). Compare OVER as a preposition (A bird flew over the lake - we can see over what) and OVER as an adverb (Could you come over - we don't know over where or what).
Massachusetts, it was a colony that anybody could come to, to escape religious persecution.
Not read would be the verb phrase in that sentence because the rest of the sentence is not a verb.
A verb phrase means a group of two or more words in a sentence so not read would be the verb phrase
Answer: "Without innovations in food production, the factories could not have grown so quickly."
This sentence is placed in the text as an example of how urbanization increased thanks to technological improvements. However, no other part of the text discusses food production. Also, the author does not explain how it is that food production contributed to the development of factories. Because it is only loosely related to the topic and it adds so few details, it is a superfluous sentence. It is possible to remove it without significantly affecting the rest of the text.
