Dangling modifiers

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

• The house was dark when I got home.

• I got home late.

• Coming home late, the house was dark.

• The house was dark.

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

• Using a telescope, I saw Saturn's rings.

• As a famous author, Yoshiko wrote about her culture and experiences.

• The mountain, hiking in the forest, was a spectacular sight.

• When Yoshiko was a young girl, her father was drafted in the war.

What is the difference between a dangling modifier and a misplaced modifier?

• A dangling modifier is when a subject of a modifier is missing.

• A misplaced modifier is when a modifier is positioned too far away from the word/phrase it is intended to modify.

• A dangling modifier is a word/phrase that is modifying the correct subject.

• A misplaced modifier is a modifier that is misplaced xD.

Does the sentence have a dangling modifier?

Cell phones should be silenced when watching a theater performance.

• Dangling Modifier

• No Dangling Modifier

Identify the dangling modifier:

Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.

• Waking

• Waking in the night

• the fire engine

• could be heard

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence:

Riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by quickly.

• The world whizzed by quickly, riding in the sports car.

• While Joe was riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by quickly.

Tired from the run, water was drank.

• Misplaced

• Dangling

(1) Do you ever log in to social networking sites and tell everyone what you are doing? (2) If you do, be aware of who can see what you are writing. (3) Thieves can read public posts to find their next victim. (4) When going on vacation, it is best to keep travel plans secret. (5) Revealing that you are going on vacation may cause a thief to target your home. (6) Using the information found in your profile, where you live can be discovered.
Which sentence has a dangling modifier?

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Going ten miles over the speed limit, the light quickly turned red and almost resulted in an accident.

• Correct

• Dangling Participle

Reading the directions carefully, the test was quite easy.

• Dangling Modifier

• Correct