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Troyanec [42]
3 years ago
13

While repairing the roof, a family of squirrels attached me. Can you help me find the misplaced modifier?

English
1 answer:
julsineya [31]3 years ago
6 0
Attached-Attacked or While repairing the roof, a family of squirrels "had " "attacked" me.
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