<span>Talking on the phone, I heard the doorbell ring.
</span>The doorbell rang while I was talking on the phone.
Both of these sentences are correct and do not use dangling modifiers. In the first one, "I" is the correct descriptor of the person talking on the phone, so it makes sense. The second sentence is even clearer.
Answer:
Of all his friends (Jack, Mia, Louis), Jack was the only one he had known since kindergarten.
Explanation:
The phrase "Jack, Mia, Louis" is considered nonessential. This means that it does not change the meaning of the sentence if it is removed. The phrase is correctly set apart from the sentence by a pair of parentheses. Commas and dashes are other ways to set off nonessential phrases.
The correct answer is A. Makes him feel superior
