The underlined participial phrase which is "continuing to stir the soup", is placed incorrectly. The correct sentence should be, "The phone rang and my mother, continuing to stir the soup, answered it". Why is it misplaced? Putting the participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence makes it a dangling modifier because it does not clearly state the specific word it modifies. In the corrected sentence, it is clear now who is being described with the phrase "continuing to stir the soup", which is the "mother".
Answer:
The simple subject would be the Grand Canyon
Explanation:
A simple subject is a subject that has just one noun as the focus of the sentence. It is always a noun or a pronoun.
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Shakespeare's plays were always filled with elaborate decorations and speech.
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