Identify which of the following sentences uses modifiers correctly.

(a) Kurt and his hockey teammates nearly cooked two hundred pancakes for the breakfast fundraising event.

(b) Rudolph enjoys eating curries from the Indian delicatessen with a lot of spices

(c) One the phone, the telemarketer persuaded the new homeowners to purchase extended warranties on all their new appliances.

(d) Bridget decuded to leave her career as an attorney and pursue acting during the meditation retreat.

I don't know if I'm looking too deep into this or what-

(a) I can't find anything wrong with it but I feel like something is wrong.

(b) I think it needs to be reworded with something like: Rudolph enjoys eating curries with lots of spices from the Indian delicatessen

(c) Do you really need to include on the phone?

(d) Did she decided to change her career while the mediation retreat was going on or is she going to pursue acting during the mediation retreat? I think it should be worded something like: During the meditation retreat, Bridget decided to leaver her career as an attorney and pursue acting.

I'm leaning towards (a) but not sure.

In A, "nearly" is misplaced. They cooked nearly two hundred pancakes, right? They didn't nearly cook them!

In B, what's supposed to have lots of spices? the deli or the curries? Put the phrase "with lots of spices" right next to (or right after) whichever it's modifying.

In C, ...

In D, was Bridget going to pursue acting during the meditation retreat? Or was she going to pursue acting instead of pursuing her law career? The phrase "during the meditation retreat" needs to be placed next to whatever it's modifying. If it's modifying the whole sentence or the main verb, make it into an introductory phrase (just as "On the phone" is placed in C).

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To identify which sentence uses modifiers correctly, let's analyze each option:

(a) "Kurt and his hockey teammates nearly cooked two hundred pancakes for the breakfast fundraising event."
This sentence uses the modifier "nearly" correctly, meaning that Kurt and his teammates came very close to cooking two hundred pancakes. There doesn't seem to be any errors in this sentence.

(b) "Rudolph enjoys eating curries from the Indian delicatessen with a lot of spices."
This sentence seems to use modifiers correctly as well. It describes Rudolph's enjoyment of eating curries with lots of spices from the Indian delicatessen. The sentence is clear and well-structured.

(c) "One the phone, the telemarketer persuaded the new homeowners to purchase extended warranties on all their new appliances."
This sentence contains an error in the placement of the modifier. "On the phone" should be placed at the beginning or end of the sentence, or restructured for clarity. For example, "The telemarketer, on the phone, persuaded the new homeowners to purchase extended warranties on all their new appliances."

(d) "Bridget decided to leave her career as an attorney and pursue acting during the meditation retreat."
This sentence uses modifiers correctly to explain that Bridget made the decision to leave her career as an attorney and pursue acting during the meditation retreat. There doesn't seem to be any errors in this sentence.

Based on this analysis, (a), (b), and (d) have correctly used modifiers, while (c) contains a modifier error. Therefore, the sentence that uses modifiers correctly is (a).

Among the given sentences, (a) uses modifiers correctly.

In sentence (a), the modifier "nearly" modifies the verb "cooked," indicating that Kurt and his hockey teammates almost cooked two hundred pancakes for the breakfast fundraising event.

Sentence (b) can be revised to improve its use of modifiers as you suggested. It could be reworded as: "Rudolph enjoys eating curries with lots of spices from the Indian delicatessen." This revision makes the modifiers "with a lot of spices" more clear and cohesive.

In sentence (c), the initial modifier "On the phone" is unnecessary because it does not provide any additional important information about the telemarketer's action of persuading the new homeowners to purchase extended warranties on their new appliances. Removing this modifier would make the sentence more concise and better structured.

Sentence (d) could also be improved by rephrasing it to clarify the timing and sequence of events. For example, it could be revised as: "During the meditation retreat, Bridget decided to leave her career as an attorney and pursue acting." This modification ensures that it is clear that Bridget made the decision to pursue acting while the meditation retreat was happening.

Overall, sentence (a) is the only one that uses modifiers correctly without any need for revision.