<span>(1) A patronymic is a name indicating who the holder's father was (or is) A metronymic is a name indicating who the holder's mother was (or is) (2) Prefixes: Fitz (Fitzwilliam), Mac (MacIntosh), Ap (Ap Rhys, modern Price) Suffixes: -ez (Henriquez), -son (Harrison), -ovitch (Nikolaievitch) (3) In most of Dark Age Europe, Christians had only their baptismal name. Duplication caused confusion so something (a patronymic, a gentilic, an occupational name, an indication of a physical characteristic, or a nickname was added. Such additions, except in Iceland, became hereditary, i.e. surnames. (4) Armstrong, Brown, Caesar, Rufus, Cabeza-de-Vaca, Lobo (5) No. Many names of female occupations were adopted by their male offspring (Brewster, Webster, Baxter..., (6) Marshal (an ostler in charge of a mare). Glad I could help :)</span>
The answer to this question is C - the common error in this sentence is a
dangling modifier. The dangling modifier included here, would be the
words 'having risen'. It Is unclear in this sentence whether this phrase
is referring to the hikers, or the river. The hikers could have been
woken up early because of the rains, until we reach the end of the
sentence that concerns a river that also could have risen due to the
rains.
