The children agreed <u>to</u><u> </u><u>divide</u> the candy equally.
Answer: A) Baking in the oven, Kaleb thought the cake smelled great
Explanation: a misplaced modifier is is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies or describes. Because of this separation, it often leads to misundertanding or confusion. From the given options, the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is the corresponding to option A, because the phrase "baking in the oven" is separated from "cake" which is the element that it is modifying. One way to correct the sentence would be: Kaleb thought the cake that was baking in the oven, smelled great.
The sentence which contains the best example of using technical vocabulary is C) The score in the tennis game was forty-love.
<em>Love , </em>meaning zero, is only used in tennis.
<em>Awards are given by the presenters to the winners, </em>
<em>at an elaborate ceremony held every year.</em>
Even more fractured and awkward:
<em>Awards given by the presenters are received by the winners, </em>
<em>at an elaborate ceremony held every year.</em>
