If the underlined phrase is <em>born in New York in 1856, </em>then that would be a participial phrase, which often functions as an adjective in a sentence, like is the case here.
Gerund is always used as a noun, and infinitive has the form <em>to + verb </em>(to go, to be...)
What sentence I’m confused
Because *They* are deadly,
comma after jellyfish
hurt, or even die.
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Benvolio then suggests that Romeo should try to get over Rosaline by going to the ball and looking upon “all the admired beauties of Verona” (I. ii. 85). Benvolio insists: “Compare her face with some that I shall show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow”
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