Approaching the rope, i suddenly fell into the icy pond. what kind of phrase is "approaching the rope"?
a. prepositional phrase
b. verbal phrase
c. appositive phrase
d. absolute phrase

Iopened the door quietly,then stood in the doorway rewrite using ..ing participle

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.