#GRAMMAR 8.10 PRACTICE (due date: Friday, May 19)
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Misplaced Modifier: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot.
Rewritten Sentence: Taxiing on the runway, the radio tower was in contact with the pilot.
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Misplaced Modifier: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (7)
Misplaced Modifier: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (7)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt.
Rewritten Sentence: The model sashayed down the runway with the red and white mini skirt.
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Misplaced Modifier: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves.
Rewritten Sentence: The water was too rough for surfing with its high waves.
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Misplaced Modifier: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
Misplaced Modifier: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls.
Rewritten Sentence: Giggling, the movie obviously pleased the two girls.
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Misplaced Modifier: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (6)
Misplaced Modifier: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (6)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team.
Rewritten Sentence: After it scored the winning touchdown, the crowd cheered the home team.
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Misplaced Modifier: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us.
Rewritten Sentence: Watching from the riverbank, the rafters floated through the white water and past us.
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Misplaced Modifier: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (5)
Misplaced Modifier: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (5)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage.
Rewritten Sentence: He opened the door, mustering all of his courage.
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Misplaced Modifier: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat.
Rewritten Sentence: Jerri’s team, with a broken rudder, manned the winning boat.
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Misplaced Modifier: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (8)
Misplaced Modifier: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (8)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (2)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population. (2)
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Rewritten Sentence: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population.
Rewritten Sentence: The United States uses 30 percent of the world’s energy with only 5 percent of the world’s population.
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Misplaced Modifier: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (3)
Misplaced Modifier: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (3)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky.
Rewritten Sentence: Dark and threatening, the artist studied the stormy sky.
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Misplaced Modifier: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water.
Rewritten Sentence: The creek almost invites waders with its clear water.
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Misplaced Modifier: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public.
Rewritten Sentence: Film critics did not seem to enjoy the movie unlike the general public.
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Misplaced Modifier: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (6)
Misplaced Modifier: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (6)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine.
Rewritten Sentence: Working long hours for low pay, the job defeated Janine.
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Misplaced Modifier: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (3)
Misplaced Modifier: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (3)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (2)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish. (2)
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Rewritten Sentence: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish.
Rewritten Sentence: Ice cream was served to everyone in a dish.
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Misplaced Modifier: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (3)
Misplaced Modifier: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (3)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian.
Rewritten Sentence: Proposing new menus, healthier school lunches would be offered by the new dietitian.
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Misplaced Modifier: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (5)
Misplaced Modifier: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (5)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo.
Rewritten Sentence: Standing in the cool shower, the summer heat didn’t feel so intense to Danilo.
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Misplaced Modifier: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent.
Rewritten Sentence: Listening to the scanner, the accident sounded extremely serious to Kent.
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Misplaced Modifier: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (5)
Misplaced Modifier: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (5)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible.
Rewritten Sentence: Nic helped prepare for the prom, working as hard as possible.
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Misplaced Modifier: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (8)
Misplaced Modifier: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (8)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture.
Rewritten Sentence: Two deer were spotted by the hunters licking the block of salt in the pasture.
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Misplaced Modifier: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (4)
Misplaced Modifier: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (4)
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Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (1)
Word or Phrase Incorrectly Modified: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (1)
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Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (1)
Word or Phrase That Should Be Modified: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games. (1)
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Rewritten Sentence: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games.
Rewritten Sentence: Thomas developed pictures for the newspaper of the football games.