I believe its D. The author provides commonsense examples to refute the counterclaim :)
I think the theme of the poem is about a person and people around him/her just don't understand him/her.
.Answer:
<em>Direct object</em>
Explanation:
A gerund phrase (<em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is a type of phrase where the main word is a gerund (verb root + -ing). Gerund phrase always serves as a noun and that noun can have the function of a subject, indirect or direct object, predicate nominatives or object of a preposition.
In the given sentence the gerund phrase functions as a direct object where the noun (in this case gerund phrase - <em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is receiving the action of the verb<em> tried.</em>
Correlative conjunctions are conjunctions that are used to connect equal or balanced clauses. These include neither/nor, either/or, both/and, not..only, but...also and whether/or. From the given conjunctions above, the choice that is not a correlative conjunction is option c. both..yet. The pair of both should not be "yet" but "and".
Bilateral: Did you know The brain has bilateral symmetry?
2. to have bilateral hearing is very essential for sound locating.
3. she had no idea if this is actually true or not, but perhaps bilateral agreements aren't necessarily better.
Bipartisan: The political system of the United States has its bipartisan way.
2.They just need a few Republican votes so they can claim bipartisan support.
3.We had to finish a bipartisan project in order to submit the survey
Bisect: I had to bisect the orange in order to share with my sister.
2. we had to bisect a frog in our science class.
3. I had to bisect the honey melon if I wanted to remove the seeds.
