Identify the verbal in this sentence as infinitive, gerund or participle.

wearing protective clothing is a good precaution against infection.
gerund
participle
infinitive

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d. mr. bennet: verbal irony

verbal irony is defined as an intentional product of the speaker, and is contradictory to his/her emotions and actions.   mr. bennet was asked if he had any compassion abour elizabeth poor nerves, then he gave her this sarcastic answer, where the author counts on the reader intelligence to understand what mr. bennet really wanted to say.

the answer is karen and the narrator both deal with jealousy ( hope this !