<span>The statement about the sentence that is true is B. the sentence needs commas because the participial phrase is nonsessential. Nonessential phrases, unlike essential ones, are not that important in a sentence, and can thus be easily removed without changing the meaning of the sentence drastically. They are always set off from the rest of the sentence by commas, whereas essential phrases don't have commas around them. Here, the nonessential phrase is cradling the baseball in his mitt.</span>
I would say B because you will want to know what happens next like Oh no whats gonna happen to him but if you want to start it peacefully you should use the order A B C D it sounds good
Yes, you are correct the sentence is a compound-complex sentence
I would say false. It dates much further than that. Although the actual published copy was released in the 1800's, the story had been around for decades prior.
