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

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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'.

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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?

  1. It uses a gerund to function as a participle.
  2. It places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.
  3. CORRECT>>> It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.
  4. It uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.

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