English, 30.07.2019 17:30 cragajjar2

Select the gerund phrase in the sentence below. then determine the noun function of the gerund. 1. brett earns his income by repairing cars. 2. i enjoy playing piano 3. her favorite pastime is entertaining friends. 4. he must like studying calculus.

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A gerund is a verb that ends in -ing, making it usually fairly easy to identify. Examples would be "swimming" or "talking." A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus additional words that modify or complement the gerund, such as "singing songs" where "singing" is the gerund and "songs" is the word that tells what the person is singing. Because a gerund phrase nearly always refers to the act of doing something (the act itself as opposed to the action), a gerund phrase always acts like a noun. In sentence 1, the gerund phrase is "repairing cars," where the gerund is "repairing" and "cars" is the word that clarifies what Brett is repairing. The gerund phrase in sentence 2 is "playing piano." In sentence 3, it is "entertaining friends," and in sentence 4, it is "studying calculus."

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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This is what i found “an elliptical clause is a type of dependent, or subordinate, clause that is missing a word or words. often, the missing part is a verb or verb phrase. while elliptical clauses are acceptable to use, they can sometimes cause confusion for writers and readers, especially when the sentence ends with a pronoun.” i hope this you for what your looking for. can you plz mark me brainliest?