Identify the italicized word as gerund or participle.
by paying his bills promptly the man had acquired a good credit rating.
a.) gerund
b.)participle

In this unit ,we learned about arguments and rhetoric.in an argument we ,not informal language.

What does manns conclusion in "coming of age in the dawnland" indicate about how the settlements and people of sixteenth-century new england reacted to the increasing presence of europeans?

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?