The washed child's blanket was almost finished in the dryer.
Which choice shows how to correct the misplaced modifier in the sentence?
Responses
The child's blanket was washed almost finished in the dryer.
The child's blanket was washed almost finished in the dryer.
The child's blanket washed was almost finished in the dryer.
The child's blanket washed was almost finished in the dryer.
The washed child's blanket was finished almost in the dryer
1 answer
The best way to correct the misplaced modifier in the sentence is:
"The child's blanket was almost finished in the dryer."
This corrects the placement of "almost" to clearly indicate that the blanket is the subject of the sentence and that it is the blanket that was almost finished drying.
