In the following sentence, the words in italics are what kind of phrase? Selling more than 500 million records, Elvis Presley was the most successful solo recording artist during his lifetime. a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase d. appositive phrase e. prepositional phrase

a. gerund phrase

Explanation:

A gerund phrase is a phrase that contains a gerund but in reality, they function as nouns.

From the given example, Selling more than 500 million records are the underlined words and this is an example of a gerund phrase because it contains a gerund and functions as a noun.

i'd say the answer is nuisance. i hope i .

from the political point of view it could be said that the candidate   is an effective speaker because she takes a strong position on the issue. it is an open discussion but probably she is making a presentation and can choose which subjects she wants to address. she is very likely to attain her aim which is to convince voters to accept her proposal.