The prepositional phrase is "in" since it describes where the prairie dogs live which is "in New Mexico".
Answer:
A It's better to be honest than to pretend to be something you're not.
Explanation:
From the book, Scout's honor, the main character tried to appear tougher than he actually was to his friends. He joined the Boy's scout. He reached Tenderfoot foot rank which was the lowest rank that is gotten by becoming a Scout.
He wanted to move to the next rank, but part of the requirement involved camping and our protagonist was yet to leave the city alone before. He decided to tell his friends, Horse and Max and they all agreed to go camping, just to appear tough. On their way to the camp, the group encountered a lot of problems which shows how unprepared they were. At the end of the day, they all admitted they undertook the foolhardy journey just to appear tough and decided to go home.
They were not honest about themselves not being tough and had to undertake a dangerous and ill planned journey.
.Answer:
<em>Direct object</em>
Explanation:
A gerund phrase (<em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is a type of phrase where the main word is a gerund (verb root + -ing). Gerund phrase always serves as a noun and that noun can have the function of a subject, indirect or direct object, predicate nominatives or object of a preposition.
In the given sentence the gerund phrase functions as a direct object where the noun (in this case gerund phrase - <em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is receiving the action of the verb<em> tried.</em>
Answer:
So what this means is...
Explanation:
To elaborate, they did this because...
Selection is the awful process of weeding the unhealthy (and unnecessary) prisoners from the healthy (and useful) prisoners.
