First of all to win, have fun and be the best you can be.
Example sentence: I like swimming. (the gerund 'swimming' is the direct object of the verb 'like')
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
I'm not sure what you are asking here, so if I'm off, I'm sorry. The direct object of that sentence would be -swimming-.
The gerund swimming is used as a noun, as a subject or the object of a sentence or the object of a preposition. Swimming is my favorite class. I really do like swimming. I'm running late for swimming.
Yes. For example 'I sat in the cathedral during the choir's singing of the anthem.'
It is an inanimate object, and cannot join the workforce.
The underlined gerund "swimming" in the sentence "She enjoys swimming in the pool" functions as the object of the preposition "in".
to finish the race before everyone else and get the gold
Macroscopic
Because they looked down on blacks and classifeid them as inferior. To them, swimming with blacks was no different than swimming with an animal.
Kim is the direct object, answering the question "Whom will Mother drive?"