Is there a dangling modifier in this sentence?
Flying over the oak tree, the farmer saw the flock of birds that had damaged his crops.
How did the farmer fly? Contential airlines? or American Airlines?
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No, there is no dangling modifier in the sentence "Flying over the oak tree, the farmer saw the flock of birds that had damaged his crops." The phrase "Flying over the oak tree" functions as a participial phrase that modifies the subject "the farmer." It is correctly placed at the beginning of the sentence and is grammatically clear and coherent.
Regarding your follow-up question about how the farmer flew, it is not provided in the sentence. Therefore, we cannot determine whether the farmer flew with Continental Airlines or American Airlines as that information is not given.