In the sentence, "The man wearing the stovepipe hat is President Lincoln," the phrase "wearing the stovepipe hat" is...

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an appositive phrase.
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an infinitive phrase.
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a prepositional phrase.
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a participial phrase.
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In the sentence "The man wearing the stovepipe hat is President Lincoln," the phrase "wearing the stovepipe hat" is a participial phrase. This is because it begins with the present participle "wearing" and provides additional information about the noun "man."