Revisit Mike’s quote from yesterday: “You can build a way of life on postponement.” * It would have ended in tragedy with his grandmother dying of loneliness.
It would have kept going with his grandmother taking over as the narrator.
It would have ended abruptly because there would be no conflicts to drive the plot forward.
It would have taken the focus off the interaction with his grandmother and created new conflicts.

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d.“‘shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us, hand and foot? ’” (paragraph 2)

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how is the underlined gerund phrase used in the sentence?  

josh's plan, rushing the passer, seemed sound to us.

a.

object of a preposition

b.

direct object

c.

appositive

d.

subject