My ultimate goal as a swimmer is to compete at the national level.

which of the following correctly describes the verbal and its function in this sentence?

swimmer is a gerund describing the goal
swimmer is a gerund describing the speaker
to compete is an adjectival infinitive
to compete is a nominal infinitive

Why did martin luther king jr mention the ancient greek philosophersocrates in his letter

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.”

Based on what you have read, write two or three sentences explaining what the point of view in the memoir allows readers to learn about helen keller.