Answer:
the answer is a.
Explanation:
an inference is an educated guess. you use what you've learned and prior knowledge to make a guess.
<span>A) In the selected sentence, the word gardening is a gerund, and the gerund phrase functions as the subject.
</span>
<span>When I first beheld this apparition—for I could scarcely regard it as less—my wonder and my terror were extreme.”</span>
