Author Question: Which of the following sentences does not contain a dangling modifier? a) Before leaving to catch ... (Read 144 times)

gbarreiro · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Which of the following sentences does not contain a dangling modifier?

a) Before leaving to catch the plane, we cleaned our house thoroughly.
b) To excel at golf, much practice and dedication is required.
c) While still a college junior, many professional teams offered him a
lucrative contract to play for them.

Question 2

In regards to subject-verb agreement, what is significant about prepositional
phrases?

a) The object of the proposition is very rarely the subject of the sentence.
b) The object of the preposition can never be the subject of a sentence.
c) The object of the preposition always serves as the subject of a sentence.