Continuing to stir the soup, the phone rang and my mother answered it. (continuing to stir the soup is the underlined phrase) which best describes the placement of the underlined participle phrase? a) the participial phrase is placed correctly b) this misplaced participial phrase should be placed after the word 'phone' c) this misplaced participial phrase should be placed after the word 'mother' d) this misplaced participial phrase should be placed after the word 'it.' : )