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.