What,if anything,is wrong with this sentence?
Arriving at the circus early,seats could be selected near the center ring.
A. PROPERLY CONSTRUTED SENTENCE
B. COMMA SPLICE
C. DANGLER
D. LACKS PARALLEL PARTS
I THINK THE ANSWER IS: (B)comma splice
AM I CORRECT?
Kourtney, no you aren't right this time. Go back go find the main clause. That will give you a better idea of what you have.
WOULd IT BE (C) dangler?
Dangler is correct. It reads as if the seats were arriving early!!!
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No, "dangler" is not the correct term for the error in the sentence.
The correct answer is actually (D) "lacks parallel parts."
The sentence lacks parallel structure because the first part of the sentence is a participial phrase ("Arriving at the circus early"), while the second part is an independent clause ("seats could be selected near the center ring"). In order to make it parallel, you could rephrase it like this: "Arriving at the circus early, we could select seats near the center ring."