Misplaced modifiers

Rich and distinctive in flavor,__________

• there is in the United States a very important nut crop, the pecan

• the most important nut crop in the United States, the pecan

• farmers in the United States raise pecans, a very important nut crop

• pecans are the most important nut crop in the United States

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Orbiting from 2.7 to 3.6 billion miles from the sun,_________.

• the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930

• Pluto was discovered by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930

• it was in 1930 that the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto

• the discovery of Pluto was made by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

A popular instrument,___________.

• only a limited role has been available to the accordion in classical music

• there is only a limited role for the accordion in classical music

• classical music provides only a limited role for the accordion

• the accordion has played only a limited role in classical music

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Unlike most birds,__________.

• the heads and necks of vultures lack feathers

• feathers are not found on the heads and necks of vultures

• vultures do not have feathers on their heads and necks

• there are no feathers on vultures' heads and necks

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Widely reproduced in magazines and books,________.

• AnselAdams depicted the Western wilderness in his photographs

• the Western wilderness was depicted in the photographs of Ansel Adams

• Ansel Adams's photographs depicted the Western wilderness

• it was through his photographs that Ansel Adams depicted the Western wilderness

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Smaller and flatter than an orange,____________.

• a tangerine is easy to peel and its sections separate readily

• the peel of a tangerine is easily removed and its sections are readily separated

• it's easy to peel a tangerine and to separate its sections

• to peel a tangerine is easy, and its sections can be readily separated

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CCSS.L.8.1A

In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart E. White was a writer ________________ the struggle for survival on the American frontier.

• whose novels describe

• he describes in his novels

• his novels describe

• who, describing in his novels

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

_________ an average of 471 inches of rain a year, Mount Waialeale in Hawaii is the wettest spot in the world.

• It receives

• Receiving

• To receive

• Received

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

A group of Shakers, ________ settled around Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, in 1805.

• members of a strict religious sect which

• whose members of a strict religious sect

• members of a strict religious sect,

• were members of a strict religious sect

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

_________ most people think of freezing as a relatively modern method of food preservation, it is actually one of the oldest.

• Even

• As though

• However

• Even though

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E