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Review: Identifying Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers, Answer 3.1
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- Question:
- After gathering wild flowers and pressing them between the pages of a heavy book, the dried petals were ready for Teresa to make greeting cards.
- Answer:
- The answer contains a misplaced modifier is correct.
- Explanation:
- This sentence does contain a misplaced modifier. The phrase after gathering wild flowers and pressing them between the pages of a heavy book is illogically modifying the noun petals instead of modifying the proper noun Teresa.
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