Which sentence is the gerund used as an appositive?
A) Catering is a great way to show off your talent as a cook.
b) The best part of catering is making a special occasion a tasty event.
c) The girl has a new job, catering.
d) Mr. Lane gives all of his time and energy to catering.
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Ms.Sue is it A?
To determine which sentence uses a gerund as an appositive, we first need to understand what a gerund and an appositive are.
A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun. It is formed by adding -ing to a base verb, but it acts as a noun rather than a verb. For example, "swimming" in the sentence "I enjoy swimming" is a gerund.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or defines another noun right beside it. It provides additional information about the noun it is apposing. For example, in the sentence "My brother, a talented musician, plays the guitar," "a talented musician" is the appositive, providing more information about "my brother."
Now, let's analyze the given sentences:
A) Catering is a great way to show off your talent as a cook.
This sentence does not have an appositive. The gerund "catering" is the subject of the sentence.
B) The best part of catering is making a special occasion a tasty event.
In this sentence, the gerund "making" functions as the subject of the sentence. There is no appositive present.
C) The girl has a new job, catering.
In this sentence, the gerund "catering" is used as an appositive that renames and describes the noun "job." Therefore, this sentence uses a gerund as an appositive.
D) Mr. Lane gives all of his time and energy to catering.
In this sentence, the gerund "catering" functions as the object of the preposition "to". There is no appositive present.
Therefore, the sentence that uses a gerund as an appositive is C) "The girl has a new job, catering."