What is the function of the capitalized gerund phrase in this sentence?
"I like TAKING A SHORT SHOWER INSTEAD OF A BATH because a bath wastes more water."
A. It is the direct object of the verb 'like'.
B. It is the direct object of the verb 'wastes'.
C. It is the subject of the sentence.
D. It is a predicate nominative.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Why should college athletes not get paid for play claim: state the point of a of why they shouldn't then direct quotation to support why they shouldn't then explain a point b then direct quotation to support point b that you just answered above

Which statement is the most accurate summary of this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?