Position of Modifiers (errors in the placement of a modifier in a sentence)

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Actually, the pineapple was a symbol of hospitality.

Everything that King Midas touched turned to gold, including his food and water.

The farmer butchered the pig he had raised on a table behind the barn.

Now remembered as the architect who designed St. Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren was also a professor of astronomy and a mathematician.

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The second and fourth sentences are fine, but the first and third need work.

The first is not bad, but would be better if "actually" were after "was."

The third is phrased so that it reads in a very silly way. Had the farmer raised the pig on a table behind the barn? =)

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