Answer:
preparing dinner
object of a preposition
Explanation:
In <em>very simple words</em>, gerunds are nouns (that end in -ing). As nouns, they can function as subjects and objects depending on their position in the sentence.
A) one-half
You need the hyphen in between the one and half
D.The jump from the war in one paragraph to a milling town in the next
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