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Answer:
Excited for a bone, Erika told the dog to sit.
Explanation:
A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes. Excited for a bone is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes, i.e. the dog.
Answer:
Jumping for joy, the basketball champianship was won.
Explanation:
Jumping for joy does not modify the phrase the basketball champianship.
Answer:
The salesperson handed a receipt to each customer that was very long.
Explanation:
that was very long is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes, i.e. receipt.
Answer:
After I took a nice hot shower, my cat lapped up the water on the floor.
Explanation:
All the other options imply that it was the cat that took a nice hot shower, which is wrong, of course.
Misplaced modifier has been defined as the word or phrase that has been differencing words from one another in a wrong way, leading to the awkward to missense sentence.
- From the given sentences, misplaced modifier in item 1 has been found in, excited about a bone, Erika told the dog to sit. Thus, option A is correct.
- The misplaced modifier in item 2, has been jumping for joy, the basketball championship was won. Thus, option D is correct.
- The misplaced modifier, in item 3, has been, the salesperson handed a receipt to each customer that was very long. Thus, option D is correct.
The dangling modifier has been defined as the phrase or word that has been able to deliver the improper logic to the sentence.
- The dangling modifier in item 4 has been fixed by, after I took a nice hot shower, my cat lapped up the water on the floor. Thus, option C is correct.
- The dangling modifier in item 5 has been fixed by, while I was walking almost a mile to school, the weather was miserable, with wet, heavy snow. Thus, option A is correct.
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