Question

Analyze the sentence to determine whether it contains a dangling construction or is written correctly. While driving to school, the front tire blew out.

Answer 1

Answer:

This sentence has a dangling construction.

Explanation:

A dangling modifier in a sentence is a word or phrase that is supposed to modify another word. A dangling modifier is one that does not refer to anything in specific, which makes it ambiguous. Let's take a look at the sentence:

"While driving to school, the front tire blew out."

The modifier is "while driving to school". Because of its position, it may initially sound as if the front tire was driving to school. We know that to be impossible, and that this modifier refers to a person who was driving. However, that person is not mentioned in the sentence, and that is precisely the problem here. The modifier is not referring to the word it should. One possible way to correct this dangling construction is to add the person who was performing the action to the sentence:

- While I was driving to school, the front tire blew out.