Choose the sentence with a misplaced phrase! , He almost drank the entire gallon of milk.  , He drank almost the entire gallon of milk. , He drank the entire gallon of milk, almost., Select the one with a squinting modifier., Janice love only her barbie because it was her first doll, Janice love her barbie only because it was her first doll, Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a misplaced modifier?, I bought a cake at the bakery that was delicious., She bought a dress for her sister that was made of silk., The journalist wrote a story about the politician that was widely criticized., In the sentence, "I bought a used bicycle from my neighbor with rusty wheels," which phrase is the misplaced modifier?, from my neighbor, with rusty wheels, I bought a used bicycle, What is the main impact of using a Misplaced Modifier in a sentence?, It makes the sentence too long and hard to pronounce., It causes subject-verb disagreement., It results in double or ambiguous meaning, as the modifier can refer to more than one noun., A modifier that is placed such that it could refer to either the word before it or the word after it is called , Dangling Modifier., Squinting Modifier., Choose the best corrected sentence that eliminates the ambiguity in: "She bought a hat for her friend with a purple feather.", For her friend, she bought a hat with a purple feather., She bought a hat with a purple feather for her friend., The hat, with a purple feather, she bought for her friend., Which is the clearest correction for the sentence: "The baker made a cake for the party with chocolate frosting.", With chocolate frosting, the baker made a cake for the party., The baker, with chocolate frosting, made a cake for the party., The baker made a cake with chocolate frosting for the party., Which of the following sentences contains a Misplaced Modifier?, The delivery man left the package in the mailbox wrapped in brown paper., We ran outside when the sun was shining., While studying for the test, my phone kept ringing., The sentence "We saw a strange house driving through the countryside." contains a misplaced modifier that makes the reader think that:, We (the subject) were looking for a house., We (the subject) found a strange house., The strange house was driving through the countryside..

MISPLACED MODIFIER EXERCISE

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