Dangling modifier

Question

To eat before the game dinner must be ready within fifteen minutes

Answer 1

Another way to handle the issue of this sentence is to consider that if it were restated to not be in a passive voice or style, then you would not need to worry about dangling modifiers or where to put a comma. Its not so much a matter of what is correct or incorrect as it is a question of what gets your message across clearly to your audience. Try this:

"Dinner must be ready in 15 minutes if we are eating before the game."

Answer 2

Incorrect: To eat before the game dinner must be ready within fifteen minutes

Reason: "To eat" -- who needs to eat? The person who needs to eat needs to be in the sentence.

The Dangling Modifier: "dinner" <-- this should be the person instead.

A Correct version of this sentence: "To eat before the game, Kelly must have dinner ready within fifteen minutes."

I hope this helps!