20) which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?

a. sleeping like a baby, the telephone woke me.

b. roller skating can be fun on a sunday afternoon.

c. i ordered a garden salad and an iced tea for lunch.

d. living on the river, i have learned to love the water.

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Danika Church

2 April, 16:11

20) which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?

a. sleeping like a baby, the telephone woke me.

b. roller skating can be fun on a sunday afternoon.

c. i ordered a garden salad and an iced tea for lunch.

d. living on the river, i have learned to love the water.

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Jovany Collins · Answer 1

It would be A, as you can see in the sentence at first thought it seems like the telephone actually physically touched them and made them wake up.

This sentence would make more sense if rewritten as 'I was sleeping like a baby, until the telephone rang and woke me.'

20) which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?a. sleeping like a baby, the telephone woke me.b. roller skating can be fun on a sunday afternoon.c. i ordered a garden salad and an iced tea for lunch.d. living on the river, i have learned to love the water.

20) which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?

a. sleeping like a baby, the telephone woke me.

b. roller skating can be fun on a sunday afternoon.

c. i ordered a garden salad and an iced tea for lunch.

d. living on the river, i have learned to love the water.