Question

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.

Answer 1

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".