D would definitely be a gerund
Maybe Alec feels like he is in the shadow of his "well behaved brother"
Well, this is not true, but the opposite is also not true.
<span>Structural linguists look for structure in language, so they would look at how words are composed of phonemes and morphemes. They are mostly working on current languages, but that's because they have access to them easily. When they can, they also study how those patterns evolved historically. De Saussure, the founder of Structural Linguistics is for example and important figure in historical linguistics.</span>
I believe it is B. An academic voice is used by declarative statements. Very straightforward and clear without using fancy/complicated words.
Is very simple, although the term "chaser" may not be as commonly used as it was when John Collier wrote his story. A chaser is a drink that is taken to follow the first alcoholic drink.