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1.Identify the sentence that contains a dangling modifier.
A.To the victor goes the privelage of writing history.
B.To assemble the model successfully,the directions must be read carefully.
C.It is better to hand in a neat erasure than an overlooked mistake.
D.To the pier raced the eager young anglers,annoying quiet veterans.
I have no idea about this one... help!
Thankss
-MC
The rule for modifiers is "put it as close as you can to the word it modifies" Look at this sentence. "Hanging on the fence, I saw the overalls." Hanging on the fence is an adjective phrase ( participal) What is hanging on the fence? I HOPE it isn't "I" . <G> What is that phrase modifying? That is the word that the phrase should be closest to.
Look at each of those sentences and find the modifying phrase. Then ask yourself, what is that phrase describing. If it is as close as possible to that word, then it is not dangling. ALSO... usually when you read a sentence with a dangling phrase, your mind will say "Huh?" After you do this, let me know what you think.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/01/
Modifiers in mice and men by john steinbeck underline the single word modifiers
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 does not clearly and logically modify the word it is intended to modify. In other words, it is a modifier that is not clearly connected to the subject of the sentence, resulting in a grammatically incorrect and confusing sentence.
Now let's analyze the options given:
A. "To the victor goes the privilege of writing history."
This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. The phrase "to the victor" is properly connected to the subject "the privilege of writing history."
B. "To assemble the model successfully, the directions must be read carefully."
This sentence also does not contain a dangling modifier. The phrase "to assemble the model successfully" is clearly connected to the subject "the directions must be read carefully."
C. "It is better to hand in a neat erasure than an overlooked mistake."
Similar to the previous two options, this sentence does not have a dangling modifier. The phrase "to hand in a neat erasure" is properly connected to the subject "it is better."
D. "To the pier raced the eager young anglers, annoying quiet veterans."
This sentence contains a dangling modifier. The phrase "to the pier raced the eager young anglers" is not clearly connected to its intended subject. It is unclear who is racing to the pier – if it's the eager young anglers, then it should be rephrased to "The eager young anglers raced to the pier, annoying quiet veterans."
Therefore, the sentence that contains a dangling modifier is option D: "To the pier raced the eager young anglers, annoying quiet veterans."