Read the sentence.

(on april 12, 1961,) yuri gagarin became the first person to orbit earth.

how does the parentheses phrase function in the sentence?

adjective prepositional phrase
appositive with nonessential information
adverb prepositional phrase
appositive with essential information

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Read the sentence.

(On April 12, 1961,) Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth.

How does the parentheses phrase function in the sentence?

adverb prepositional phrase

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The parentheses phrase function in the sentence is adverb prepositional phrase.

An adverb prepositional phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. It usually tells when, where, how, why, or to what extent

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