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Vedmedyk [2.9K]
3 years ago
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Why does the sentence above sound strange? Check all of the boxes that apply. It implies that Jennifer is wearing glasses. It im

plies that the book is wearing glasses. The modifier ""Jennifer read"" is misplaced. The modifier ""wearing glasses"" is misplaced.
English
1 answer:
Mazyrski [523]3 years ago
7 0

The words that give the idea about the or information about the other words by using phrases, words and clauses are called modifiers. These words revise the meaning of another component in the sentence.

The B and the D sentences sound strange.

<h3>What is wrong with the sentences?</h3>

  • The sentences contain the misplaced modifier that makes the sentence sound strange and implies a wrong meaning to it.

  • While the first and the third sentences have correctly placed modifiers that make sense and give correct meaning to the sentences.

Therefore, option B and D sounds strange.

Learn more about modifiers here:

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