In the sentence swimming against the current is just one of the challenging aspects of people participating in the triathlon will be facing what is the gerund in the sentence

How does it change your understanding of the laws to read them as a primary source rather than just a summary of laws?

The development of new inventions in the field of space travel seemed rapid. how does the word rapid function in a sentence?

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.