D. gerund phrase as a direct object
Gerund is one of three kinds of verbals. Like all verbals, gerunds are nouns derived from verbs. Gerunds end in -ing. In the sentence, "leading" is the gerund. This gerund phrase is used as the direct object.
Candy replies that he has had the dog for too many years to kill it, but Carlson continues to pressure him
For the first question it is unusable because it only talks about how much money the government gets a lot of money. The second one is usable because you talked to a guy that owns and breeds these animals.
<em>Which piece of evidence best supports the theme that dignity has a high cost?</em>
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<u>"I killed not thee with half so good a will." </u>
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<span>"In a peaceful age I might have written ornate or merely descriptive books, and might have remained almost unaware of my political loyalties."
This sentence shows that Orwell believes the type of writing an author is doing directly relates to the things going on around him in the world. He says that if things were peaceful in the world he might not have written about politics, but they were not peaceful so he did write politically. </span>
