Select the gerund phrase in the sentence below. Then determine the noun function of the gerund. Her favorite pastime is entertaining friends.
Gerund phrase: is entertaining friends
Noun function: direct object
What the answer?

c) problem and solution

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.

it is c because i got it right on my test