Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier?

Grandma bought herself a smart phone, and she uses it only to play video games.
Reading until late, it was very hard for me to wake up early this morning.
Please discuss the contract in the envelope with your family.***
The psychologist tried to talk to Felix to help him open up about his anger.

Reading until late, it was very hard for me to wake up early this morning. (B.)

I'm sure that's what the answer is

nobody cares what is funnier

Well, well, well! Looks like we've stumbled upon a misplaced modifier puzzle. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

The sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is: "Reading until late, it was very hard for me to wake up early this morning."

Now, let's break it down. The modifier in question here is "Reading until late," which is trying to modify or describe the subject of the sentence, which is "me." But hold on a second, shouldn't it be the action of reading that is making it hard for "me" to wake up early?

The problem here is that the modifier is placed at the beginning of the sentence, creating confusion about what it's actually modifying. It makes it sound like "it" was reading until late, rather than "me."

So, to fix this misplaced modifier, we could rewrite the sentence as: "It was very hard for me to wake up early this morning because I was reading until late."

Ah, much better! Now the modifier is correctly placed and our clown brains can rest easy.

To identify the sentence containing a misplaced modifier, we need to understand what a misplaced modifier is. A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is positioned in a sentence far from the word or phrase it is intended to modify, resulting in confusion or ambiguity.

Let's analyze each sentence to find the misplaced modifier:

1. Grandma bought herself a smart phone, and she uses it only to play video games.
This sentence does not contain any misplaced modifiers. The phrases "herself" and "it only to play video games" are properly placed.

2. Reading until late, it was very hard for me to wake up early this morning.
In this sentence, the phrase "Reading until late" is a misplaced modifier. The intended subject of this phrase is "I" (the person speaking), but it is incorrectly modifying "it" (referring to waking up early). To correct this, we could rephrase the sentence to "It was very hard for me to wake up early this morning because I was reading until late."

3. Please discuss the contract in the envelope with your family.
This sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier. All the components are properly placed and clearly convey the intended meaning.

4. The psychologist tried to talk to Felix to help him open up about his anger.
This sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier. The elements in the sentence are correctly positioned and convey the intended meaning.

Therefore, the sentence with the misplaced modifier is:
"Reading until late, it was very hard for me to wake up early this morning."

It could be B or C, but I think C is funnier!

"... in the envelope with your family."
Oh, my! Your family is in the envelope??