Question

Пожалуйста помогите !!!!!!! найдите герундий и определите его функцию . In 1882 Thomas Edison started to Pearl Street station in New York for the purpose of supplying electricity to the users of the new incandescent lamp. Thus was laid the foundation for great central station industry which now supplies the general public with electric light and power.

Answer 1

The gerund in the given text is "supplying." Its function in the sentence is to act as the object of the preposition "for." The phrase "for the purpose of supplying electricity" describes the reason or intention behind Thomas Edison starting the Pearl Street station in New York. The gerund "supplying" functions as a noun in this context, indicating the action or activity that Edison was engaged in.