Asked by Mitch n' Joey

Identify the phrase in parenthesis in the sentence.
The idea of alien life, (proposed many years ago), has not yet been proven.
prepositional
participal
gerund
infinitive**

I thought it might be an appositive, but now I'm not sure. I'm guessing it is D?
Answered by Ms. Sue
No. An infinitive is <i>to</i> plus a verb.

Study this page. It has your answer.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase.htm
Answered by Mitch n' Joey
Oh okay! So it is a prepositional phrase, right?
Answered by Ms. Sue
My you learned a lot in less than 5 minutes. Which is the preposition?
Answered by Mitch n' Joey
The site said that the preposition was explaining the "which one" question which would give more information on the topic. So in this case, asking the question 'which one?' would be like this: Which idea of alien life? The one "proposed many years ago". At least that is the way that I think it might be seen?
Answered by Ms. Sue
You misread that site. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

Answered by Mitch n' Joey
I called my teacher and we agreed that it was participial. Thank you Ms. Sue! :)
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