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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | Bryan cooked the salmon steaks, which had been marinated in lemon and pepper, on the grill in his backyard. |
| | B) | Marinated in lemon and pepper, Bryan cooked the salmon steaks on the grill in his
backyard. |
| | C) | Bryan cooked the salmon steaks, marinated in lemon and pepper, on
the grill in his backyard. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | Bryan cooked the salmon steaks standing in the pouring rain on the grill in his backyard. |
| | B) | Bryan cooked the salmon steaks while standing in the pouring rain on the grill in his backyard. |
| | C) | While standing in the pouring rain, Bryan cooked the salmon steaks on the grill in his
backyard. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | The patient paced up and down the hall waiting for the results of his X-ray. |
| | B) | Waiting for the results of his X-ray, the patient paced up and down the hall. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced
modifiers. |
| | A) | Maria approached the high school auditorium stage
carrying flowers. |
| | B) | Carrying flowers, Maria approached the high school
auditorium stage. |
| | C) | Maria approached carrying flowers the high school
auditorium stage. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | Because there was a delay on the tracks, the train didn't get us to the ballpark until after the seventh inning. |
| | B) | Not until after the seventh inning did the train get us to the ballpark because there was a delay
on the tracks. |
| | C) | The train didn't get us to the ballpark because there was a
delay on the tracks until after the seventh inning. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced
modifiers. |
| | A) | As Sally sat next to Paul watching the hockey game on
TV, she cursed the referee. |
| | B) | As Sally sat next to Paul, she cursed the referee
watching the hockey game on TV. |
| | C) | Cursing the referee watching the hockey game
on TV, Sally sat next to Paul. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | The prisoner's desire to attend his daughter's wedding by one of the guards was communicated to the warden. |
| | B) | The prisoner's desire to attend his daughter's wedding was communicated to the warden by one of
the guards. |
| | C) | The prisoner's desire by one of the guards to attend his
daughter's wedding was communicated to the warden. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | Flipping through the channels, the television viewer can see violence, sex, mayhem, romance, and comedy all within the space of twenty
seconds. |
| | B) | The television viewer can see violence, sex, mayhem, romance, and
comedy all within the space of twenty seconds flipping through the channels. |
| | C) | Flipping through the channels, violence, sex, mayhem, romance, and comedy can be seen by the television viewer all within the space of twenty
seconds. |
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Choose the item that has no misplaced modifiers. |
| | A) | The eagles flew into the horizon with widespread wings. |
| | B) | With widespread wings, the eagles flew into the horizon. |
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