Identify the choices that best describes the underlined word if they have the time and energy, dina and maggie will prune and (water is underlined) the shrubs. a. part of a compound subject b. part of a compound predicate c. a direct object d. an indirect object tell me why so i can understand : )

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In the sentence: If they have the time and energy, Dina and Maggie will prune and water the shrubs, water is best described as a compound predicate.

To understand why, we need to understand what a predicate is.

Predicate can best be understood as part of a sentence that talks about the subject, and contains a verb.

In this particular sentence, water is a verb because it is an action of watering.

your answer is c) experiments with water vapor showed that elements combine in specific proportions.