Revise each of the following sentences to avoid misplaced or dangling modifiers.
1. Leaping upstream, we fished most of the day for salmon.
2. At the age of ten, my family took a trip to Takoradi.
1. We fished most of the day for salmon, leaping upstream.
2. When I was ten years old, my family took a trip to Takoradi.
To revise the sentences and avoid misplaced or dangling modifiers, we need to ensure that the modifiers are placed correctly next to the words they modify.
1. We fished most of the day for salmon, leaping upstream.
Explanation: In the original sentence, "Leaping upstream" is a dangling modifier because it is not clearly modifying anything in the sentence. By moving the modifier to the end of the sentence, we now have a clear subject ("we") for the modifier to modify.
2. My family took a trip to Takoradi when I was ten years old.
Explanation: In the original sentence, "At the age of ten" is a misplaced modifier as it is modifying the family instead of the speaker. By rephrasing the sentence and placing the modifier right after the modified subject ("I"), we make the meaning clear and avoid any confusion.
1. We spent most of the day fishing for salmon, leaping upstream.
2. When I was ten years old, my family took a trip to Takoradi.