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Correct the dangling participial phrases.

1. Running down the street, John's ice cream fell in the mud.
2. Looking through the library, several books on horses can be found.
3. Flipping through the telephone directory, the name he wanted was found.
4. Eating breakfast one morning, the idea came to him.
5. Picking up his pencil, Tom's shoes, he noticed, were untied.

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A participial phrase is a phrase that resembles a verb in structural formation, but actually functions as an adjective; it modifies a noun in the same sentence. Hence, their correct usage below.

What are the correct usage of participial phrases?

The correct usage are the following examples;

  1. While running down the street, John's ice cream fell in the mud.
  2. Several books on horses can be found by looking through the library.
  3. When flipping through the telephone directory, the name he wanted was found.
  4. While eating breakfast one morning, the idea came to him.
  5. When picking up his pencil, Tom's shoes, he noticed, were untied.

Therefore, the above sentences no longer have dangling participial phrases but rather integrated those phrases properly into their respective sentences.

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