Read the sentence. Swinging through the air, the children were delighted by the acrobats on the stage. Which part of the sentence is a dangling modifier? "Swinging through the air" "the children were delighted" "by the acrobats" "on the stage"

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Desiree Howard

29 April, 08:45

Read the sentence. Swinging through the air, the children were delighted by the acrobats on the stage. Which part of the sentence is a dangling modifier? "Swinging through the air" "the children were delighted" "by the acrobats" "on the stage"

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Josephine Middleton · Answer 1

"Swinging in the air" is a dangling modifier in this sentence since it modifies the part of the sentence "by the acrobats" but it is ambiguous or not clear because it may also modify "the children". A dangling modifier is a grammatical contruction that can be misinterpreted because of the way it was written and it can also lead to misunderstanding of a sentence or idea.