The following sentences are correct:
- <em>The Grand Canyon came into view as I was hiking along the trail.</em>
- <em>Walking toward the car, I could see that I had a flat tire.</em>
A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies or describes. In the two sentences provided, the modifiers are correctly put next to the words they are modifying, making the sentences to have sense and not to sound confusing.
Because piggy wants to be heard he has something to say but nobody listens to piggy.
<h3>Yes it is a run-on sentence</h3>
It's a combination of two sentences. It should be written as:
"Ms. Hartman, an interior designer, asks her clients to fill out a design questionnaire. She uses it to get a sense of their personalities and style preferences."