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?

a)it uses a gerund to function as a participle.
b)it places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.
c)it places the participial phrase in the wrong place.
d) it uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.

The correct answer is C. "It places the participial phrase in the wrong place".

A participial phrase is a part of the sentence that has a participle followed by any other words that complete an action. The participle comes from a verb and can be used as an adjective or a noun.

"Materializing from the mist" is the participial phrase in the sentence. In this case, it should be placed at the end to be grammatically correct. The correct sentence should be The alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks materializing from the mist".

c) in the address bar

explanation:

this is the only place where url's may be found or entered in to successfully get to a web page.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.