Modifiers and Glossary of Usage

Does the following sentence have a dangling or misplaced modifier?

Seeing that no damage had been done, their cars drove away in opposite directions.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence have a dangling or misplaced modifier?

Working long hours and taking few vacations, the success that he had longed for came to him after many years.

• yes

• no

Is this sentence correct?

The temperature in Houston is higher than it is in Chicago.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence have a dangling or misplaced modifier?

Looking through a telescope, I saw the Cliffs of Dover come into view.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence have a dangling or misplaced modifier?

The branches of the tree hung over the fence that we planted.

• yes

• no

Is this sentence correct?

Walking very careful over the uneven cobblestones, the elderly woman made her way from one end of the lane to the other.

• yes

• no

Choose the correct sentence:

• The gift was more costly than I had expected it to be.

• The gift was more costlier than I had expected it to be.

Choose the correct sentence:

• The glass fell onto the floor, which was full of cranberry juice.

• The glass, which was full of cranberry juice, fell onto the floor.

Choose the correct sentence:

• Michelle hoped that her time on the sprint was faster than Brooke's.

• Michelle hoped that her time on the sprint was more fast than Brooke's.

Choose the correct sentence:

• Nesting in a tree outside my window, I saw a small bird.

• I saw a small bird nesting in a tree outside my window.

• I saw a small bird outside my window in a tree.