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We discussed moving to Florida.

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Of all my interests, I care most about swimming in the competition.

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Traveling gives one a chance to see many wonderful sights.

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Running two miles a day is my favorite form of excercise.

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Hammering the nails, Jackson envisioned the treehouse he would build.

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I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked.

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Devoted basketball fans are looking forward to the season.

Much like the sentence below, where do participial phrases end?

Startled by the noise, the puppy scrambled under the chair.

What is "startled by the noise" describing?

Startled by the noise, the puppy scrambled under the chair.

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In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees and two cool glasses of milk.

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The wind blew. A fallen tree limb crashed through the kitchen window.

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He ruined his sight by watching TV all day.

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Standing on his head, the clown was getting light-headed.

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Asking questions is a whole lot easier than answering them.

Where do most gerund phrases end?

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This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles.

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I do all the shopping and housecleaning by hand.

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Reading a good novel always gives me pleasure.

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The student, singing terribly loudly, made the teacher and other students cover their ears. It seems that the student thought he/she was a good singer, but in reality, singing was not his/her strong suit.

What is the letter for the rhyme scheme of line 20 in "Paul Revere's Ride?" (page 731)