This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Some of the sentences below contain faulty modifiers. Identify whether each sentence is correct or ... (Read 148 times)

Caiter2013

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 607
Some of the sentences below contain faulty modifiers. Identify whether each sentence is correct
  or includes a misplaced or dangling modifier. Then revise the incorrect sentences to eliminate
  faulty modifiers.
  While closing my backpack, my tea spilled all over my desk. (correct, faulty modifier)
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

______________ , the campground's office will be open when we get there according to
  the hours they have posted on their website. I couldn't get a hold of anyone in the office
  by phone to confirm it, however.
 
  a) Presumably
  b) Fervently
  c) Fleetingly
  d) Subsequently



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Galvarado142

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 348
Answer to Question 1

dangling modifier

Answer to Question 2

a) Presumably





 

Did you know?

As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.

Did you know?

Essential fatty acids have been shown to be effective against ulcers, asthma, dental cavities, and skin disorders such as acne.

Did you know?

It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.

Did you know?

The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.

Did you know?

GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library