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.
“Mr. Hands,” he said, “here are two of us with a brace of pistols each. If any one of you six make a signal of any description, that man's dead.”
Mr. Hands is kept at bay by Livesey's threats. This shows that the mutineers are cowardly individuals. They only seem courageous in big groups.
The correct answer is: A dangling modifier.
Modifiers help us add more detail about our thoughts and sentences. "She spoke quickly when she saw her mother". Here, the word <em>quickly</em> is a modifier, modifying the word <em>spoke</em>. It goves more information about how someone spoke (an adverb modifying a verb).
A dangling modifier is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence, although we can also put it at the end of a sentence.
<em>Walking on the road</em><em>, a plane flew over the sky</em>. In this sentence, we don't know who was walking on the road, so the modifier <em>walking on the road </em>doesn't have anything to modify.
