Which statement best explains how the infinitive is used in the sentence? Damian called to apologize for missing the basketball game last night.

A. The infinitive last night functions as an adjective that modifies

Damian

B. The infinitive to apologize functions as the subject of the

sentence.

C. The infinitive last night functions as a noun that characterizes the

basketball game.

O D. The infinitive to apologize functions as an adverb that modifies the

verb called

5. how might the statement, “the almighty has his own purposes” (line 39) relate to lincoln’s purpose in giving this speech?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

Read the excerpt from eighty years and more: reminiscences, 1815-1897. all that day and far into the night i pondered the problem of boyhood. i thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. so i decided to study greek and learn to manage a horse. which question would best the reader understand stanton's viewpoint in this excerpt?