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Read the following paragraph, which contains errors. Refer to the sentence numbers to answer the questions that follow.

(1) In 2010, the country was devistated by terrible flooding. (2) pakistan has a long and difficult history. (3) The country gained independence from the colonial ruler Britain after it endured multiple invasions by other countries in 1956. (4) Unfortunately, the floods generated by monsoons have wiped out much of the country's infrastructure including bridges, electrical plants, and transmission wires, hospitals, schools, and roads. (5) Many were force to flee with just the clothes on their backs. (6) Other countries are sending food to help. (7) Other countries are airlifting medicine to help. (8) Other countries are offering building supplies.

What error is present in sentence 3?


misplaced modifier
subject-verb agreement
fragment
spelling error
capitalization error

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Answer:

Misplaced modifier

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The answer is fragment

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