Read the following sentence:
To start the car in winter, battery checks should be run frequently.
Which of the following sentences corrects the dangling modifier?
(1 point)
Responses
Battery checks should be run to start the car in winter.
Battery checks should be run to start the car in winter.
To start the car in winter, you should run battery checks frequently.
To start the car in winter, you should run battery checks frequently.
Battery checks should be run frequently in winter to start the car.
Battery checks should be run frequently in winter to start the car.
The correct sentence that corrects the dangling modifier is: "To start the car in winter, you should run battery checks frequently."
To determine the correct sentence that corrects the dangling modifier in the given sentence, we should focus on connecting the action of running battery checks to the correct subject, which is "you" (the person starting the car in winter).
Let's analyze the answer choices:
1) Battery checks should be run to start the car in winter.
2) Battery checks should be run to start the car in winter.
In both answer choices 1 and 2, the subject of the sentence is missing. Both sentences still have the dangling modifier issue.
3) To start the car in winter, you should run battery checks frequently.
4) Battery checks should be run frequently in winter to start the car.
In answer choice 3, "you should run battery checks frequently" correctly connects the action of running battery checks to the subject "you." This sentence fixes the dangling modifier issue.
Therefore, the correct sentence that corrects the dangling modifier is:
To start the car in winter, you should run battery checks frequently.