Grammar: Dangling Modifiers
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Grammar: Dangling Modifiers
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which is correct?
- A.
While reaching for a hammer, the ladder began to tip.
- B.
While I was reaching for a hammer, the ladder began to tip.
- 2.Which is correct?
- A.
The cook put the fries, still steaming from the deep fryer, into the basket.
- B.
Still steaming from the deep fryer, the cook put the fries in the basket.
- 3.Which is correct?
- A.
Getting up early, the house seemed unusually quiet to me.
- B.
Getting up early, I noticed that the house seemed unusually quiet.
- 4.Does the following sentence contain a dangling modifier? "After finishing my assignment, the dog ate it."
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.Does the following sentence contain a dangling modifier? "Discovering that I had left my wallet at home, I asked Janet to pay for our lunch."
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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