Identify the type and function of the underlined phrase in the following sentence. Trying to sell that lemon of a car has become a lesson in futility.

To hear Martha tell it, living with her in-laws is a complete nightmare.

Everybody on that soccer team should ask himself a few important questions and set his own goals before the season begins.

My neighbor, a tall man with knobby knees, had a bad habit of chasing his dog as the dog chased the cat, resulting in a rather ridiculous display of circular motion.

Dependent, or subordinate, clauses ____

After a whole day of careening around on that bumpy road beside the railroad tracks, I can barely keep my hands and knees from shaking.

Which sentence illustrates the correct use of parallel construction?

I couldn't understand, since she'd always seemed to love me, why Samantha refused when I proposed to her last night; granted, I was wearing a gorilla mask at the time.

Which group of words is a phrase?

Good sentence structure dictates that single-word modifiers and modifying phrases and clauses be placed .....

To quell the rise in the theft of paperclips, management placed a deadbolt on the door of the supply room.