Clayton enjoyed surfing the internet so much that he soon lost track of time and missed his favorite television show.

which best identifies and explains the function of the word surfing as it is used in this sentence?
a) it is called a gerund and it functions as a noun in this sentence.
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b) it is called a gerund it functions as an adjective in this sentence.
c) it is called a participle and it functions as a verb in this sentence.
d) it is called an infinitive and it functions as a noun in this sentence.

The answer is A) It is called a gerund and it functions as a noun in this sentence.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).