Which sentence has a dangling modifier?
A) Inexpensive and fun, camping is a great way to spend a weekend.
B) Sturdy yet comfortable, my new hiking boots will enable me to explore on foot.
C) While looking for a campsite, a tornado touched down near the park.***
D) Bicycling along a bike trail, my friend Mark spotted a white-tailed deer munching on some leaves.
Here are the intro phrases/clause:
Inexpensive and fun
Sturdy yet comfortable
While looking for a campsite
Bicycling along a bike trail
Which one of those does NOT refer to or describe the subject of the main clause?
Sorry ... I didn't notice the asterisks!!
Yes ... C is correct.
I am still going with C. I took this before and I know it isn't D.
Yes ... go with C.
Thanks for the help. I used your post to help me on another question.
You're welcome! =)
The sentence that has a dangling modifier is C) While looking for a campsite, a tornado touched down near the park.
To understand why this sentence has a dangling modifier, we need to know what a modifier is. A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that provides more information about another word in the sentence. In this case, the modifier is "While looking for a campsite."
A dangling modifier occurs when the subject of the main clause does not logically coincide with the subject of the modifier. In this sentence, the subject of the main clause is "a tornado touched down near the park." However, the subject of the modifier is not clearly stated. It seems like the writer intended for it to be the person who is looking for a campsite, but it is not explicitly stated. Therefore, we have a dangling modifier.
To fix this sentence and avoid the dangling modifier, we could rephrase it to something like: "While we were looking for a campsite, a tornado touched down near the park." Now, the subject of the main clause ("a tornado touched down near the park") matches the subject of the modifier ("we were looking for a campsite").