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Review: Phrase Functions, Answer 3.4
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- Question:
- The actor dancing about the stage hopes to become a movie star.
- Answer:
- The answer predicate is not correct.
- Explanation:
- In this sentence, the participle phrase dancing about the stage acts as an adjective because it modifies the noun phrase the actor.
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