The answer to your question would be that the definition that best identifies and explains the function of the word "tying" as it is used in this sentence is the following one: In the selected sentence, the word "tying" is a verbal that functions as an adverb.
A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. "Tying his shoe" is a participle phrase. In fact, it is present participle phrase, as it is created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense). Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -ing form of the main verb produces a present participle. In this case the participle is functioning as an adverb because it is telling something about the manner in which Garrett prevented an embarrassing fall. He did this tying his shoe. You can tell this by asking the following question: How did Garrett prevent the embarrassing fall? Tying his shoe.
Answer: a. Subject
Explanation: because a pope is a religious leader that plays an important role in a catholic church and bishops of rome.
Answer and Explanation:
"Islands and Icebergs" by Ralph Semino Galan is a poem about reading a poem. <u>The speaker asks readers to imagine the paper as being the ocean and the words to be floating on the that ocean. That is a clue as to why he writes three lines per stanza. The length of the lines, along with their number, reminds us of the waves, even the foam, to floats up and down, back and forth, on the ocean. The author wrote three lines per stanza as a way to make the poem itself resemble an ocean, instead of simply asking as to imagine it.</u>
Answer: He wants to make his opinions known without being obviously insulting.
Explanation:
The options include:
A. He wants to let the British know that their society is superior to his.
B. He hopes that only his Indian friends will understand his humor.
C. He wants to make his opinions known without being obviously insulting.
D. He hopes to anger the British so they will relinquish their hold on India.
Sarcasm is an ironic remark whereby one says the opposite of what I've or she meant in order to mock someone else or insult the person.
Mukharji use sarcasm to describe his
experiences in London because he wants to make his opinions known without being obviously insulting.
Answer:
I don’t doubt the effectiveness of this new gadget, but we simply don’t have the money to buy it.
Explanation:
The word ”effectiveness” means a degree to which something is successful in making a result that is desired. In other words, something with effectiveness is something that successfully produces a result that a person wants/desires. It makes a desired change/effect for the person using it. The effect is rooted within the word too, so that is why it’s the appropriate word to use.
