Question

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier.

Gazing at Notre Dame Cathedral, the gray-green water of the river Seine rushed by,
carrying heart-shaped leaves recently fallen from linden trees.

Answer 1

The dangling modifier is "Gazing at Notre Dame Cathedral," because it grammatically attaches to "the gray-green water" (which can't gaze).

Revisions:
- "Gazing at Notre Dame Cathedral, I watched the gray-green water of the river Seine rush by, carrying heart-shaped leaves that had recently fallen from linden trees."
- "As I gazed at Notre Dame Cathedral, the gray-green water of the river Seine rushed by, carrying heart-shaped leaves recently fallen from linden trees."
- "The gray-green water of the river Seine rushed by, carrying heart-shaped leaves recently fallen from linden trees, while I gazed at Notre Dame Cathedral."