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Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? A. My mother, covered with spicy salsa, cooked tacos for my dinner. B. My mother cooked tacos covered with spicy salsa for my dinner C. Covered with spicy salsa for my dinner, my mother cooked tacos. D. My mother cooked tacos for my dinner covered with spicy salsa.

User Daneye
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C. The other ones make it sound like the mother is covered in salsa, not the tacos :p
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The answered is C. covered with spicy salsa for my dinner. It modifies the noun. It's a past perfect.

I hope this helps!
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