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Which of the following sentences contains a past participial phrase acting as an adjective?(a) "He wants to put his story next to hers."(b) "Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her."(c) "They quickly and deliberately forgot her."(d) "It took longer for those who had spoken to her to forge

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Which of the following sentences contains a past participial phrase acting as an adjective?(a) "He wants to put his story next to hers."(b) "Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her."(c) "They quickly and deliberately forgot her."(d) "It took longer for those who had spoken to her to forge

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The sentence that contains a past participial phrase acting as an adjective is:

(b) "Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her."

In this sentence, "Disremembered and unaccounted for" is the past participial phrase. It is acting as an adjective because it is modifying the pronoun "she".

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