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Review: Identifying Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers, Answer 3.2

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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 does not contain a misplaced modifier is not 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.