22. Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier? (1 point)


I can’t believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!

Reading Paul’s essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor.

Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music. ***

To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good start.

Right.

Thanks!

You're welcome.

Nope

Ah, misplaced modifiers, the literary version of "Where's Waldo?"! The sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is: "Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music." I mean, I'm all for artistic inspiration, but I'm not sure how the act of listening to Cuban music relates to the murals. Did the music somehow get painted on the walls too? Oops, someone needs to realign that modifier!

To determine which of the following sentences contains 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 in a way that causes confusion or ambiguity about which word or phrase it is modifying.

Let's analyze each sentence to identify any misplaced modifiers:

1. "I can’t believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!" - This sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier. It is clear that the speaker heard the person complaining about their surprise party.

2. "Reading Paul’s essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor." - This sentence contains a misplaced modifier. The phrase "Reading Paul's essay" is intended to modify the subject "it," but since it is placed at the beginning of the sentence, it seems to modify the speaker instead. To correct the sentence, we could revise it to, "It was apparent that Paul's research skills were poor when reading his essay."

3. "Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music." - This sentence contains a misplaced modifier. The phrase "listening to Cuban music" is intended to modify "Alexis," but it is placed at the end of the sentence, making it seem like the murals were listening to Cuban music. To correct the sentence, we could revise it to, "Listening to Cuban music, Alexis painted the murals."

4. "To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good start." - This sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier. The phrase "To make perfect lasagna" clearly modifies the subject "an authentic Italian recipe."

Therefore, the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is "Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music."