Which of the following corrects the problem in the sentence below while
retaining the meaning? lounging in the sun, his shirt faded.

A: Lounging, in the sun his shirt faded.
B: Lounging in the sun; his shirt faded.
C: While he was lounging in the sun, his shirt faded.
D:His shirt faded.

C: While he was lounging in the sun, his shirt faded.

Explanation:

That is a present participle clause, that have a similar meaning to an active verb. To talk about an action that happened at the same time as another action. Lounging in the sun, his shirt faded.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

the answer is academic paper

and the second should be college professor