How is the underlined gerund phrase used in the sentence?

martin's preference, grilling the vegetables, sounded

delicious to everyone.

a. subject
b. object of a preposition
c. direct object
d. appositive

Sonnet 57 being your comprehension your servant is the a. speaker b. person addressed in the poem c. husband of the speakers beloved d. beloveds serving woman

You suspect that this article has left out some facts that might lead the reader to believe that someone else made the star-spangled banner. what is the best way to verify this? by consulting a variety of sources by disregarding the article entirely by writing a letter to the editor of the publication that printed the article by reading various historical accounts by verifying the opinions

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