Answer:
"Which sentence?" you ask. I'm confused. You only provided one sentence, and that sentence <em><u>does</u></em> have a gerund functioning as an object of a preposition!
They thanked us exuberantly for meeting with them to discuss the deal.
Explanation:
Did you intend to ask someone to identify the gerund that is functioning as the object of a preposition??? If so, then .....
prep. gerund
They thanked us exuberantly for <em><u>meeting</u></em> with them to discuss the deal.
Answer:
She had just been informed that a surgical operation needed to be carried out on her husband who had been critically ill and bedridden.
Explanation:
Gopal"s wife had just been informed that a surgical operation needed to be carried out on her husband who had been critically ill and bedridden for about one and half months.
This was the verdict of Dr Raman, Gopal's long-term friend, whose frankness and openness had earned him a reputation of being truthful.
Hence if Dr Raman said it, then it must be true.
Hence Dr Raman's verdict of the need to carry out an urgent operation on Gopal, in addition to the strain of protracted caring for her husband, was too much for Gopal's wife to bear, weakened her and made her to collapse on the floor.
Answer:
Explanation:
What does Edna do in order to carry out her plan to leave Léonce? How does this illustrate the theme of independence? She is packing her belongings and her personal things only. She only wants her possesions.
2.When Alcée visits her that afternoon, how is Edna very much in command of the situation?
3.How does Edna appear as a different person now? Alcee expected her to be indulging but instead she was bossy and self
