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In Which Sentence Are The Italicized Words A Dangling Modifier

Writer Rachel Newton

In Which Sentence Are The Italicized Words A Dangling Modifier

In which sentence the slanted word is a dropdown modifier? 3

A. Ten minutes late, shop closed till midnight. B. While flying under the clouds, the pilot can see the airport. C. Relaxing on the seabed, there are many coins in the old suitcase. D. Soldiers unaware of danger are trapped.

Yes, this is A. Sentence A has no subject. I was ten minutes late, the store was closed.

Answers should not be slanted.

However, sentence A. is incorrect.

It should be. When he arrived ten minutes late, he found the shop closed for the night.

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A. Ten minutes late, shop closed till midnight. Is not similar.

In Which Sentence Are The Italicized Words A Dangling Modifier