Locate the gerund and identify its use. the art of stamp collecting is called philately. a. subject b. direct object c. predicate noun d. object of a preposition

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

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Which two statements about first-person narration are generally true? the narrator can be a witness or a reteller of events. the narrator always provides reliable information. o the narrator accurately knows past and future events. the narrator is a character in the story. the narrator knows everything about all characters.