Read the sentence.
my father, __an electrical patiently explained the confusing material in my science textbook.
the underlined words "an electrical engineer" are a(n)
appositive phrase.
absolute phrase.
restrictive clause.
independent clause.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?