6. Determine whether the italicized phrase in the following sentence is a participial phrase, a
gerund phrase, an infinitive phrase, or an
appositive phrase.
Having missed the bus, Allen knew he
would be late for work.
a. participial phrase
b. gerund phrase
c. infinitive phrase
d. appositive phrase

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.

Contrast the ways that frederick douglass and satchel paige to achieve positive changes for african americans.

What makes the following sentence unclear? i had hoped to finish the race and win a medal, but i didn’t. a) nothing. the sentence contains no errors. b) there is no independent clause so the sentence is incomplete. c) it’s a simple sentence and doesn’t need a comma. d) there are two possible meanings to the sentence.