Locate the verbal in the following sentence and identify its type.
few pastimes are more enjoyable than reading.
infinitive
participle
gerund

Reading- Gerund

Explanation:

Verbal is a verb which as adjective, nouns or an adverb. there are three types of verbal:

Infinitive

Participle

Gerund

In the above sentence, 'reading' is the verbal gerund. A verbal gerund is a verb which functions as a noun. Hence, when it acts a noun it can be indirect, direct object, subjects, object of a preposition and so forth. Herein, reading act as a noun which acts as a indirect object.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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