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Which is the best revision for this sentence?

Carefully choosing the words to use, it was time for me to apologize to my friend.

A) After carefully choosing my words, I apologized to my friend.

Eliminate

B) The carefully chosen words apologized to my friend.

C) Apologizing to my friend, the words came carefully.

D) Carefully chosen words were used when my friend heard my apology.

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Answer:

A) After carefully choosing my words, I apologized to my friend.

Step-by-step explanation:

After carefully choosing my words, I apologized to my friend. This revision eliminates the dangling modifier from the original sentence.

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Answer:

A sounds better. D as a second choice, though.

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