Which word in the sentence does the underlined phrase explain? The guide, a local historian, was able to answer all of our questions.
a. questions
b. our
c. answer
d. guide
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "d. guide." Assume that the underlined words are: a local historian. The local historian refers to the guide. By the word itself, historian which refers to a person not to a certain thing.