Question
Choose the correct sentence
A) The patient is a 13-year-old female weighing 100 pounds who has a sprained wrist.
B) The patient is a 13-year-old female with a sprained wrist weighing 100 pounds.
I answered A
A) The patient is a 13-year-old female weighing 100 pounds who has a sprained wrist.
B) The patient is a 13-year-old female with a sprained wrist weighing 100 pounds.
I answered A
Answers
Ms. Sue
Do the pounds have a sprained wrist??
Or does the female have the sprained wrist?
Watch out for misplaced modifiers!
Or does the female have the sprained wrist?
Watch out for misplaced modifiers!
Got it so it should be B Thanks:)
B is also weird. Is it the wrist that weighs 100 pounds?? :-/
Ms. Sue
Oops! I didn't catch that.
The question is flawed.
The question is flawed.
It's definitely a bad question!!
Ms. Sue
This would be better.
The patient, a 13-year-old female weighing 100 pounds, has a sprained wrist.
The patient, a 13-year-old female weighing 100 pounds, has a sprained wrist.
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