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What is the verb phrase for the sentence Tolbert could not see his brother in the fog?
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∙ 8y ago
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.
The verb phrase in the sentence is "could not see his brother in the fog".
The subject is the noun "Tolbert".
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