Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? A. My neighbors, stored in plastic containers, brought side dishes to our backyard picnic. B. My neighbors brought side dishes stored in plastic containers to our backyard picnic. C. My neighbors brought side dishes to our backyard picnic stored in plastic containers. D. Stored in plastic containers, my neighbors brought side dishes to our backyard picnic.

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Brenton Powell

15 July, 22:41

Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? A. My neighbors, stored in plastic containers, brought side dishes to our backyard picnic. B. My neighbors brought side dishes stored in plastic containers to our backyard picnic. C. My neighbors brought side dishes to our backyard picnic stored in plastic containers. D. Stored in plastic containers, my neighbors brought side dishes to our backyard picnic.

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Macie Lin · Answer 1

B. My neighbors brought side dishes stored in plastic containers to our backyard picnic.

"stored in plastic containers" refers to the side dishes, and should be placed after that.