Question

PLEASE HELPPP ;-;
Is the underlined participial phrase correctly placed or misplaced?

Continuing to read the newspaper, my father ignored the ringing telephone.

A.
misplaced participial phrase

B.
correctly placed participial phrase

Answer 1

Do you know what a participial phrase is?

Answer 2

kinda .-.

Answer 3

but not really ;-;

Answer 4

@BruhObamaCare

Answer 5

A participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in ing. Likewise, a regular past participle will end in a consistent ed.

Answer 6

B

Answer 7

A participial phrase, like other predicates, must have a subject, when the wrong word or phrase appears to be the subject, we say that there is a misplaced participle or participial phrase.

Answer 8

yay thanks