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[1] On her way home from practice, Rebekka found a gold man’s watch. [2] She wasn’t sure what to do. [3] There was no name engraved on the back. [4] Looking at the gold links on the band, the watch seemed to Rebekka to be expensive. [5] She felt badly that someone had lost such a nice watch.
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
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Sentence 4.
"Looking at the gold links on the band" is a participial phrase that should modify Rebekka, but the sentence’s subject is "the watch," so it illogically makes the watch the one "looking."
Corrected versions:
- "Looking at the gold links on the band, Rebekka thought the watch was expensive."
- "The watch seemed expensive to Rebekka when she looked at the gold links on the band."
"Looking at the gold links on the band" is a participial phrase that should modify Rebekka, but the sentence’s subject is "the watch," so it illogically makes the watch the one "looking."
Corrected versions:
- "Looking at the gold links on the band, Rebekka thought the watch was expensive."
- "The watch seemed expensive to Rebekka when she looked at the gold links on the band."
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