Is the phrase in bold a direct object or an indirect object? Dr. Stewart bought her office staff holiday fruit baskets.

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.

hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.

pretty sure it is d hope this

i would say that it is a bad thesis because it doesn't explain what the health risks are. it seems to be a very vague thesis statement. thesis statements need to set up for the entire essay. it needs to give the reasons why people need to stop drinking diet soda.   so, i would say that it is a bad thesis.

hope this