Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase?
a. lasting over four hours, my friends threw a party at an amusement park.
b. my friends lasting over four hours threw a party at an amusement park.
c. my friends threw a party lasting over four hours at an amusement park.
d. my friends threw a party at an amusement park lasting over four hours.

Why was the u.s. annexation of hawaii delayed until william mckinley became president? a: the rebels who overthrew queen liliuokalani opposed u.s. annexation. b: the senate did not approve the treaty of annexation until mckinley entered the white house. c: supporters of the nationalist cause were in the majority in hawaii until 1898. d: mckinley’s predecessor, grover cleveland, refused to sign the treaty of annexation.