A. Identifying Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Underline the infinitive phrase once in each sentence. Underline the infinitive twice.
1. To spend a day without encountering some type of computer is impossible.
2. Most retail stores use computers to keep an accurate count of their
merchandise in stock.
3. Computer analysis of geological areas helps oil companies to select drilling sites.
4. Giant computerized "arms " help to pour molten steel into molds.
5. Highly specialized computers are needed to navigate spacecrafts.
6. A programming mistake may cause an entire mission to fail.
7. Many animated films use computers to produce high quality pictures.
8. Presently, great strides are being made to design even more complex
computers that think for themselves.

B. Identifying Infinitive Phrases
Underline the infinitive phrase in each sentence. On the blank to the right of each
sentence, N for a noun, ADJ for an adjective, or ADV for an adverb.
1. The selection committee plans to evaluate the qualifications of the candidates.
2. To combat rabies is one reason for inoculating pets.
3. The owner of the amusement park uses admission fees to pay his property taxes.
4. The purpose of the gathering was to celebrate the town's bicentennial.
5. The Great Wall of China was built to protect China from northern invaders.
6. The president of the company asked her to call a meeting.
7. Maoris, the first people to inhabit New Zealand, belong to the Polynesian race.
8. Unfortunately, we arrived too late to catch the beginning of the show.

answer: c

explanation:

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

i believe it is the first choice (1.)

because the major theme is(“both the wild and civilization have rules.”)

and also as u said,( based on what buck learns within the call of the wild, "both the wild and civilization have rules".this is true of humans within society as well.

i would just say something like,

i need to go outside owner to pee, hold on owner let me mark this tree. i'm thirsty now "starts drinking water" now i am tired. what are you eating owner can i have some, you can't refuse my cute puppy eyes.

just make sure you write that in your own words that way you don't get in trouble.