Revising and Editing Follow the directions below to complete this section. Deepak is writing an informational essay about the World Cup. In his essay, certain sections of text have been underlined.In each instance, the underlined text may require a correction or revision. Read Deepak's essay, paying special attention to the underlined text,and then answer the questions that follow. The World Cup (1) Every four years the best soccer teams in the world compete in one of the most prestigious, most viewed,and anticipated sporting events on the planet-the World Cup. (2) Each of the thirty-two participating countries sends its championship team to the tournament with all the patriotic pride it can muster. (3)Soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States. (4) The World Cup's billions of viewers attest to the sport's incredibal internation:popularity, and they tune in throughout the tournament. (5)In fact, World Cup viewership routinely surpasses that of the Summer and Winter Olymoics Which revision of sentence 15 correctly uses a participial phrase to modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence? A. During this phase which lasts about a month, thirty-two teams engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield B. Lasting about a month, this phase brings together thirty-two teams to engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield. C. The qualification phase being complete, the tournament phase lasts about a month and engages thirty-two teams in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield. D. With competition at a very high level.the tournament phase lasts about a month and includes thirty-two teams that will engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield.

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Revising and Editing Follow the directions below to complete this section. Deepak is writing an informational essay about the World Cup. In his essay, certain sections of text have been underlined.In each instance, the underlined text may require a correction or revision. Read Deepak's essay, paying special attention to the underlined text,and then answer the questions that follow. The World Cup (1) Every four years the best soccer teams in the world compete in one of the most prestigious, most viewed,and anticipated sporting events on the planet-the World Cup. (2) Each of the thirty-two participating countries sends its championship team to the tournament with all the patriotic pride it can muster. (3)Soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States. (4) The World Cup's billions of viewers attest to the sport's incredibal internation:popularity, and they tune in throughout the tournament. (5)In fact, World Cup viewership routinely surpasses that of the Summer and Winter Olymoics Which revision of sentence 15 correctly uses a participial phrase to modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence? A. During this phase which lasts about a month, thirty-two teams engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield B. Lasting about a month, this phase brings together thirty-two teams to engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield. C. The qualification phase being complete, the tournament phase lasts about a month and engages thirty-two teams in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield. D. With competition at a very high level.the tournament phase lasts about a month and includes thirty-two teams that will engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield.

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The best revision is **B. Lasting about a month, this phase brings together thirty-two teams to engage in some of the fiercest face-offs this side of a battlefield.**Here's why:* **Participial Phrase:** "Lasting about a month" is a present participial phrase. It correctly modifies "this phase."* **Clear Modification:** The placement of the phrase directly before the noun it modifies makes the connection clear and avoids ambiguity.* **Conciseness:** Option B is concise and avoids unnecessary wordiness.Let's look at why the other options are incorrect:* **A. During this phase which lasts about a month...** This uses a relative clause ("which lasts about a month") rather than a participial phrase.* **C. The qualification phase being complete, the tournament phase...** This uses an absolute phrase ("The qualification phase being complete"). While grammatically correct, it's less concise and doesn't directly modify "this phase."* **D. With competition at a very high level, the tournament phase...** This uses a prepositional phrase ("With competition at a very high level"). It doesn't use a participial phrase and the connection to "this phase" is less direct.

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