The underlined word of the sentence which "conclusive" would have a denotation of "impossible to disprove" as it is used in the sentence. Furthermore, a denotation is the "literal" meaning of a word or some may refer to it as the "dictionary definition or meaning."
Answer:
The conflicting point of view that vegetarianism is strange and unnatural seem less reasonable because vegetarianism is healthy, beneficial as well as natural. However, the idea of consuming meat and killing of animals might seem unnatural and tragic to some people.
Vegetarianism is much more natural than consuming meat as consuming meat means killing other animals. But vegetarianism seems as people do not have to kill a plant. They mostly use its seeds, fruits or leaves as food.
Answer:
The mayor commemorates and gives praise to those who were killed while building the bridge
Explanation:
Phrases like "a number of lives have been lost", "faithfully unto the death no less than of that great army of men who have wrought year in and year out, to execute the great design" and "Let us give our meed of praise to-day" is the sign of the mayor praising those who died whie building the bridge.
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My best guess would be a gerund phrase because the -ing verb is at the beginning of the sentence, thus making it a noun
