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3 years ago

Which of following sentences contains a misplaced modifier ?

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2 answers:

Veseljchak [2.6K]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

look through each to see which one is not in correct grammar

Delvig [45]3 years ago

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Answer:

Baking in the oven, Kaleb thought the cake smelled great.

Explanation:

Misplaced modifiers can produce confusion when reading a sentence. In this case it is not clearly understood that Kaleb is baking the cake. He could be talking any other cake.

The correct way would be:

Kaleb was baking in the oven, when he thought it smelled great.

Kaleb thought the cake smelled great when baking in the oven.

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