George Eliot is one of England's finest novelists. George Eliot is the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans. She was born in Warwickshire in 1819. Her books give her a place in the top rank of nineteenth-century English writers. Identify the prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb in the passage.

A. in the top rank

B. of England's finest novelists

C. in Warwickshire

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George Eliot is one of England's finest novelists. George Eliot is the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans. She was born in Warwickshire in 1819. Her books give her a place in the top rank of nineteenth-century English writers. Identify the prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb in the passage.

A. in the top rank

B. of England's finest novelists

C. in Warwickshire

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A. In the top rank

Prepositional phrases modify nouns and verbs while indicating various relationships between subjects and verbs. They are used to color and inform sentences in powerful ways.