Question

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence that contains a dangling modifier is C. Dressed in a snowsuit, the cold weather did not bother the child.

Explanation:

A dangling modifier refers to a word or phrase that modifies a word that has not been clearly stated in the sentence. Usually, in English sentences, these modifiers written as participles -like dressed in a snowsuit- add meaning to the subject of the main clause that follows. Whenever the doer of the action  expressed in the participle has not been clearly stated or does not match with the subject in the main clause  -in this case, the cold weather-, the phrase is said to contain a dangling modifier.

Answer 2

Answer:

Dressed in a snowsuit, the cold weather did not bother the child.

Explanation:

A dangling modifier is a modifier that incorrectly or ambiguously modifies a word or phrase. Modifiers serve to add more information or context to the sentence.

The choices in the problem all have modifiers at the beginning of the sentence. Because of this, we expect that the word after the modifier should be the one that it's modifying.

We can notice that the modifier in the third choice seem to be telling us that the cold weather was dressed in a snowsuit. This is clearly illogical and not what the sentence is implying. This is therefore a dangling modifier.