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Read the sentence. Materializing from the mist, the alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks.

Why is the sentence grammatically incorrect?
A)It uses a gerund to function as a participle.
B)It places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.
C)It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.
D) It uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.

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C because it is just so direct and not all sentence are like that and if they are then there most likely wrong. :) Hope I helpedĀ 
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Answer:

C). It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the question, the grammatical error in the given sentence is that wrong or inappropriate placement of participle phrase 'Materializing from the mist'.

Participle phrases are defined as phrases comprising of a participle(present or present), its object, and any modifier to accomplish a complete sense in the sentence. Grammatically, these phrases are placed at the end or middle of the sentence as it functions as an adjective/modifier in the sentence. Thus, the given sentence is grammatically incorrect and hence, option C is the answer. The correct version of the sentence reads as:

'The alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks materializing from the mist.'

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