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Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase?


A.

The weatherman, approaching from the south, predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight.


B.

The weatherman predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight approaching from the south.


C.

Approaching from the south, the weatherman predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight.


D.

The weatherman predicts a rainstorm approaching from the south will arrive later tonight.

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The sentence that has a correctly placed participial phrase is option D. The weatherman predicts a rainstorm approaching from the south will arrive later tonight. The participial phrase in the sentence is "approaching from the south". The word that this phrase modifies is the noun "rainstorm".

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