Choosing her diction carefully, Pompeia confronted Caesar. What word does carefully modify in this sentence? Also identify what kind of phrase is in this sentence, and what the verb in this sentence is.

Choosing

Explanation:

Carefully is an adverb, which modifies a verb, in this case "choosing." This lets the reader know that Pompeia chose carefully the words she said.

The correct answers are:

Explanation:

An infinitive phrase is a group of words that contains an infinitive (to + base form of a verb) and any other object or modifier.

Infinitive phrases can work as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs in a sentence. When used as nouns, they can subsitute the subject or the object of the sentence and, therefore, perform or receive the action of the main verb.

In this example, the main verb (is) refers to the subject of the sentence, which is being substituted by the infinitive phrase (To speak clearly).