Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above?

A) To the women in the business suit

B) Having had no time to eat breakfast

C) Absolutely

D) Day-old

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Leyla Coleman

16 September, 23:16

Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above?

A) To the women in the business suit

B) Having had no time to eat breakfast

C) Absolutely

D) Day-old

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Yesenia Chen · Answer 1

D) Day-old

Explanation:

In the context of linguistics, a modifier is a word/phrase/clause that modifies or changes the description or meaning of another word/phrase/clause. Therefore, based on the passage provided within the question it can be said that the modifier in this passage is "Day-old". This is because it is modifying the description of the bagel.

Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above?A) To the women in the business suitB) Having had no time to eat breakfastC) AbsolutelyD) Day-old

Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above?

A) To the women in the business suit

B) Having had no time to eat breakfast

C) Absolutely

D) Day-old