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Question

Which of the following DOES NOT have a modifier error?

Question options:

	a)	Smelling burnt and having a blackened crust, I decided to bake another pie for the party.
b)	Receiving an A on her term paper, Lauren’s grades were improved.
c)	Sitting on a tree limb, I saw a blue jay from my window.
d)	While I was at the basketball game, my mother did her grocery shopping.

Answer 1

First, let's find the modifiers of each of these sentences! A modifier is a word or phrase that describes, changes, or gives you more information about another word. When the modifier is a phrase, it is often separated from the rest of the sentence using a comma. To test whether a word or phrase is a modifier, take it out of the sentence. If the sentence still makes sense, that's your modifier!

A very common error happens when the modifier is modifying the wrong noun. Look at these sentences and find which word each modifier describes. Should that modifier be acting on that word?

Here is an example of a modifier error, with the modifier underlined: Cheering and doing the "wave," the rockstar greeted the crowd. In this sentence, the modifier acts on "the rockstar," but that doesn't make sense! The crowd was cheering and doing the "wave," not the rockstar. You could clear up this error by saying: The rockstar greeted the crowd, which was cheering and doing the "wave."

I hope this helps!