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After finishing cleaning the dishes, the video games began.
After finishing cleaning the dishes, the video games began.
Thundering onto the tin roof, the rain kept everyone awake.
Thundering onto the tin roof, the rain kept everyone awake.
To save the best bite for last, Karen ate careful spirals around her sandwich.
To save the best bite for last, Karen ate careful spirals around her sandwich.
The sheets in the upstairs linen closet smell a bit musty.
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The sentence that contains a dangling modifier is:
"After finishing cleaning the dishes, the video games began."
In this case, the modifier "After finishing cleaning the dishes" does not properly connect to the main subject. It suggests that the video games finished the cleaning, which does not make sense. A clearer sentence might be: "After finishing cleaning the dishes, she started playing the video games."
