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What is "new people" in this sentence? The sentence is:
Meeting new people is hard
Here "meeting" is a gerund/noun and the subject of the sentence, "is" is the linking verb and "hard" is the adjective but what is "new people"? Is it an adjective? Could anybody explain please?
As StoneyB mentioned in his comment, "new people" is the direct object of the gerund "meeting." People would be the object, and new would be an adjective that describes the type of people being met. The entire phrase "meeting new people" would be considered the gerund, or more formally, a gerund phrase. The entire phrase is also the subject, not just the gerund itself. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
