What is one of the reasons that swift gives for his proposal?

a. irish infants mothers cannot take of them
b grocery markets are looking for goumet foods
c the meat of irish infants goes well ith many different vegetables
d there is a shortage of animal meat in ireland

In 'A Modest Proposal', a satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, an Irish writer and political pamphleteer, the author tackles the subject of poverty in the society of his time; the original tittle is actually: "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick"

In his proposal, Swift sarcastically suggest to Irish parents, selling their kids as food to the rich to escape poverty; since Irish infants' mothers cannot take care of them.

Thereby the most suitable answer would be (A).

A. Irish infants mothers cannot take of them.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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