Which sentence has a gerund or gerund phrase that functions as the direct object of the sentence? a. the burning of fossil fuels releases methane into the air. b. at the urging of many, government leaders look for ways to reduce pollution. c. scientists studied the trapping of gases in the atmosphere.

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events