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Which sentence uses a gerund phrase as its subject?
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Finding the treasure is foremost in the minds of the mutineers.
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Holding Jim hostage is part of Silver's strategy.
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Discovering a human skeleton frightened the pirates.
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All answers are correct.
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Finding the treasure is foremost in the minds of the mutineers.
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Holding Jim hostage is part of Silver's strategy.
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Discovering a human skeleton frightened the pirates.
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The sentences that use a gerund phrase as its subject are:
1. **Finding the treasure is foremost in the minds of the mutineers.**
2. **Holding Jim hostage is part of Silver's strategy.**
Both of these sentences have gerund phrases ("Finding the treasure" and "Holding Jim hostage") serving as the subjects.
The sentence "Discovering a human skeleton frightened the pirates" uses a gerund ("Discovering") but does not use a gerund phrase as its subject because "a human skeleton" is the direct object of the action.
So, the correct answers are the first two sentences.
1. **Finding the treasure is foremost in the minds of the mutineers.**
2. **Holding Jim hostage is part of Silver's strategy.**
Both of these sentences have gerund phrases ("Finding the treasure" and "Holding Jim hostage") serving as the subjects.
The sentence "Discovering a human skeleton frightened the pirates" uses a gerund ("Discovering") but does not use a gerund phrase as its subject because "a human skeleton" is the direct object of the action.
So, the correct answers are the first two sentences.
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