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Read the following sentence:

My ultimate goal as a swimmer is to compete at the national level.

Which of the following correctly describes the verbal and its function in this sentence?
Swimmer is a gerund describing the goal
Swimmer is a gerund describing the speaker
To compete is an adjectival infinitive
To compete is a nominal infinitive

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To compete is a nominal infinitive.

Answer:

To compete is a nominal infinitive

Explanation:

In the sentence of the question, to compete is a nominal infinitive and acts as noun. Nominal infinitive phrases can be the subject of a sentence, the direct object, or the object of a preposition; and they has the form: to-infinitive