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Which of the following is the best way to correct the sentence: After walking for hours, the car looked wonderful.

Question 23 options:
Walking for hours, the car looked wonderful.
After we had walked for hours, the car was a wonderful sight.
After hours of walking, the car looked wonderful.
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B. After we had walked for hours, the car was a wonderful sight.

Options A and C (and the original) have a misplaced modifier and sounds as if the car had walked for hours. Option B is the only one that said WE had walked for hours.

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