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10 POINTS

Which statement best explains how the participle is used in the sentence?

Believing the Spider-Man story would fail because readers would find
spiders unappealing, Martin Goodman refused to publish it.

A. The participle believing functions as a verb that describes the action of the Spider-Man story.

B. The participle would find functions as a verb that describes the action to readers.

C. The participle refused functions as an adjective describing Goodman

D. The participle unappealing functions as an adjective that modifies
spiders.