A) In the selected sentence, the word tying is a verbal that functions as an adverb.
B) In the selected sentence, the word tying is an infinitive that functions as the subject.
C) In the selected sentence, the word tying is a participle, telling what the subject was doing.
D) In the selected sentence, the word tying is a direct object that tells what Garrett was doing.
The answer to your question would be that the definition that best identifies and explains the function of the word "tying" as it is used in this sentence is the following one: In the selected sentence, the word "tying" is a verbal that functions as an adverb.
A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. "Tying his shoe" is a participle phrase. In fact, it is present participle phrase, as it is created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense). Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -ing form of the main verb produces a present participle. In this case the participle is functioning as an adverb because it is telling something about the manner in which Garrett prevented an embarrassing fall. He did this tying his shoe. You can tell this by asking the following question: How did Garrett prevent the embarrassing fall? Tying his shoe.
Answer: C
Explanation: Gerunds are verbals that end in -ing and are used as nouns. A participle is a verbal that functions as an adjective
"Essay on MY best teacher" We do not know your teachers and you did not provide any valid information on them, nobody can help without more data and you should be doing this alone because we dont know them.
Answer:
Relative pronoun: that; it relates to 'The unlikely story'.
Explanation:
A relative clause is linked to another clause in a sentence by a relative pronoun. It identifies which person or thing we are talking about. In this sentence, the clause that he told uses the relative pronoun that to refer to theunlikely story, and without this relative clause, it wouldn't be clear what unlikely story was proved to be true.
Answer:
its D.)
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."
Explanation:
its kinda obv
B) Ask a student in your biology class or who is good at science.
C) Sloan is not only an excellent violinist, but also he does well in his studies.
D) The council members considered a range of topics-political, social, and education.
Answer:
A) Fran applied her eyeliner carefully, slowly, and steadily.
Explanation:
Parallel structure refers to the repetition of a grammatical form within a sentence. It uses words, phrases or clauses that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter to balance ideas and give a natural flow to the reading. Sentence A is an example of a parallel structure because it uses the adverbs carefully, slowly, and steadily to show that those ideas are equally important.
The actually answer is A) Fran applied her eyeliner carefully, slowly, and steadily.