While it would be nice to sit down, all of the chairs are taken.
Answer:
"beginning" is the gerund in the sentence.
Explanation:
A gerund is a word, a verb that acts or functions as a noun in the sentence. Also, the verb will end with an "-ing", thus making the verb a noun.
In the given sentence, the verb is "begin", and added with an '-ing' functions as a noun in the sentence. So, the word "beginning" acts as a noun in the sentence, which makes it the gerund.
Thus, the gerund in the sentence is "beginning".
The word that the adjective clause modifies is "deer." This is the subject of the sentence in which the whole sense of the sentence circulates, therefore the whole adjective clause is describing the activity of the deer during the summer.
Answer:
Although Cory is rich and of an elite class, he kills himself because he is unhappy.
Explanation:
The poem begins describing Richard Cory as a rich gentleman. The speaker of the poem is one of the townspeople and he says, "we thought that he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place." This envy from the townspeople does not cost him his life. But it surprises the townspeople because they thought they wanted to be him, however, they do not want to be dead like Cory is at the end of the poem. It is ironic because his unhappiness is unexpected since he came across as though he was happy because of his money.
