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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
dangling modifier
hello. I'm studying for the new SAT and i came across a question i couldn't understand.
apparently, this answer choice is correct but i do not understand how
"Another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers, dotted with pin-sized knobs."
isn't this still dangling modifier?? since DOTTED WITH PIN-SIZED KNOBS modify the another visitor??
for instance, if i write...
the speaker explained his reasons, dazzling his audience.
in this case, the modifier describes the subject = speaker
apparently, this answer choice is correct but i do not understand how
"Another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers, dotted with pin-sized knobs."
isn't this still dangling modifier?? since DOTTED WITH PIN-SIZED KNOBS modify the another visitor??
for instance, if i write...
the speaker explained his reasons, dazzling his audience.
in this case, the modifier describes the subject = speaker
Top answer
Anonymous since DOTTED WITH PIN-SIZED ***** modify the another visitor? You think that the visitor is covered with *****?! No, the drawers have the *****.
- Anonymous since DOTTED WITH PIN-SIZED ***** modify the another visitor?
- You think that the visitor is covered with *****?!
- No, the drawers have the *****.
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Anonymoussince DOTTED WITH PIN-SIZED ***** modify the another visitor?You think that the visitor is covered with *****?!
No, the drawers have the *****.
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thanks for the reply.
I understand it modifies the ****, but how is that possible is what i mean
doesn't participle phrase modify the subject of the sentence?? like the example i wrote..
I understand it modifies the ****, but how is that possible is what i mean
doesn't participle phrase modify the subject of the sentence?? like the example i wrote..
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Anonymousdoesn't participle phrase modify the subject of the sentence?Certainly not necessarily—just in the case you gave. Whatever it modifies, the participle must have the same presumed subject, that is all. It needn't be the main sentence subject.
My brother, wearing red pajamas and his horse, galloping madly, ran over the lazy fox lying in t
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"Dotted wih pin-sized *****, I was fascinated by the tiny tiny writing desk and its drawers."
"I was fascinated by the tiny writing desk and its drawers, dotted with pin-sized *****."
The first has a dangling participle; the second doesn't.
"I was fascinated by the tiny writing desk and its drawers, dotted with pin-sized *****."
The first has a dangling participle; the second doesn't.
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