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Select the sentence with the misplaced modifier.

A.Jeremy had never been to a carnival before but always thought it sounded like fun.

B.When a carnival came to town, Jeremy knew he had to go on all of the rides.

C.Jeremy began saving all the money in a shoebox that he earned doing chores. D.Riding the Ferris wheel, Jeremy couldn’t have been happier.

I think its C

Verified Answer :

Jeremy began saving all the money in a shoebox that he earned doing chores.

A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is inappropriately separated from the word it modifies/describes.

Select the sentence with the misplaced modifier.

Correct answer is option C.

  • Jeremy began saving all the money in a shoebox that he earned doing chores.

  • A hanging modifier is a kind of ambiguous linguistic construct by which a syntactic modifier could be misinterpreted as being associated with a word other than the one planne.

  • A hanging modifier has no subject and is usually a participle.

  • The separation in sentences with this blunder regularly sound abnormal or confusing. Moreover, they can be out and out nonsensical.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

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