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Long before Sarah Walker became the first African American woman millionaire, she supported herself by taking in laundry. participial gerund infinitive The phrase is "taking in laundry"
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Long before Sarah Walker became the first African American woman millionaire, she supported herself by taking in laundry.

participial
gerund
infinitive
The phrase is "taking in laundry"

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The correct answer is gerund

It is a gerund phrase because it functions as a nominal, and not as a verb, which is why it is a gerund and not a participial phrase. Gerunds function as nouns and participles function as verbs.
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