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Review: Identifying Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers, Answer 8.1

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Question:
After borrowing from all his friends, he had barely enough money to pay his rent.
Answer:
The answer contains a misplaced modifier is not correct.
Explanation:
This sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier. The phrase after borrowing from all his friends is correctly modifying the pronoun he, and the adverb barely is correctly modifying the adjective enough.