Has the -ing modifier been placed correctly in the following sentences? Select the letter of the correct answer.
-Jotting down her ideas and chuckling to herself, Julia planned her essay.

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The sentence does not require a relative pronoun. The phrase "Jotting down her ideas and chuckling to herself" is a participial phrase and does not introduce a new clause. Therefore, the sentence is correctly punctuated with a comma separating the participial phrase from the main clause.

Has the -ing Modifier Been Placed Correctly in the Following