Which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?
A) When will your family be going on vacation?
B) Uncle Frasier's garden has both tomatoes and green peppers.
C) The homecoming queen waved to the crowd riding in her convertible.
D) Exhausted from the trip, the baby slept through the opening ceremony.
I am thinking b is the answer.
It’s b I just did it
Nope.
Who is riding in the convertible?
Actually, the sentence with a misplaced or dangling modifier is D) "Exhausted from the trip, the baby slept through the opening ceremony." In this sentence, the phrase "exhausted from the trip" appears to be modifying the baby, but it should actually be modifying the person who is exhausted. A better way to write the sentence would be "The baby, exhausted from the trip, slept through the opening ceremony."
The sentence that contains a misplaced or dangling modifier is sentence D) "Exhausted from the trip, the baby slept through the opening ceremony."
To identify a misplaced or dangling modifier, you need to identify the modifier and determine if it is incorrectly placed or if it doesn't have a clear noun to modify. In this case, the modifier is "exhausted from the trip." The issue with this sentence is that it is not clear who or what is exhausted from the trip. Is it the baby who is exhausted, or is it someone else?
To clarify this sentence, you could rephrase it to: "The baby, exhausted from the trip, slept through the opening ceremony." This revision makes it clear that the baby is the one who is exhausted.
Therefore, B) "Uncle Frasier's garden has both tomatoes and green peppers" does not contain a misplaced or dangling modifier.