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The bone, -broken in two places-, healed slowly. Which of the following best describes the underlined phrase?-essential present participial phrase-essential past participial phrase-nonessential past participial phrase-nonessential present participial phrase

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This is best described as an essential past participle phrase. 

It is essential, because the participle explains what happened to the bone to make it heal slowly. It is a past participle, because the bone is already broken, and has already healed (or started to heal). 

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essential past participial phrase is the right Answer

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