Which sentence includes a gerund as the subject of the sentence? 1. When the doorbell rang, the family was playing ping-pong in the basement.
2. Because Martin was wearing hiking boots, crossing the ravine was no trouble.
3. Miriam had hoped to attend the show, but she missed it because she was studying.
4. Squeezing his eyelids tightly, the boy extended his splintered finger toward the nurse.

shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.

journalism is the gathering, organizing, and distribution of news -- to include feature stories and commentary -- through the wide variety of print and non-print media outlets. it is not a recent phenomenon, by any means; the earliest reference to a journalistic product comes from rome circa 59 b.c., when news was recorded in a circular called the acta diurna. it enjoyed daily publication and was hung strategically throughout the city for all to read, or for those who were able to read.