What does the following sentence start with? weather permitting, the picnic will be held at the community park. a. a past participle b. an adjective c. an absolute construction d. a prepositional phrase

C ;an absolute construction

Explanation:

Words that usually do not connect grammatically with the rest of the sentence,usual these are group of words at the beginning of the sentence.

It expresses a cause or time or circumstances that resulted to something happening or not happening.

In this case the phrase weather permitting helped them to have the picnic is the absolute construction.

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