21.
Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier? (1 point)
⦁ I can’t believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!
⦁ Reading Paul’s essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor.
⦁ Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music.
⦁ To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good place to start. *****
22.
Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier? (1 point)
⦁ Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time.
⦁ The nurse arranged the medications on the tray, talking to the doctor. *****
⦁ In order to get good grades, you need to apply yourself more in class.
⦁ We spotted a curious scene filming the market last Sunday.
22. C
23. A
21. C. The mural was not listening to Cuban music.
grace is right! 23 is
Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time.
I picked B and I got it wrong :/
21 is wrong. 22 is right.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/misplacedmodifier.htm
Could you help me understand misplaced modifiers a little better
Thanks
C?? What I read was it needs an adjective describing it before the noun right?
21. To identify the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier, we need to understand what a misplaced modifier is. A misplaced modifier is a word or phrase that is placed in a sentence in a way that it modifies the wrong word or phrase, causing confusion or ambiguity.
Let's evaluate each sentence:
⦁ "I can't believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!" - No misplaced modifier.
⦁ "Reading Paul's essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor." - The phrase "Reading Paul's essay" is a misplaced modifier because it is separated from the subject it is intended to modify (it should modify "it" instead of "Paul's essay").
⦁ "Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music." - No misplaced modifier.
⦁ "To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good place to start." - No misplaced modifier.
Therefore, the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is: "Reading Paul's essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor."
22. To identify the sentence that contains a dangling modifier, we need to understand what a dangling modifier is. A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that doesn't have a clear subject to modify, leading to confusion or illogical meaning.
Let's evaluate each sentence:
⦁ "Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time." - This sentence contains a dangling modifier because the subject of the main clause ("it was obvious") does not match the subject of the modifying phrase ("playing with the children").
⦁ "The nurse arranged the medications on the tray, talking to the doctor." - No dangling modifier.
⦁ "In order to get good grades, you need to apply yourself more in class." - No dangling modifier.
⦁ "We spotted a curious scene filming the market last Sunday." - No dangling modifier.
Therefore, the sentence that contains a dangling modifier is: "Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time."