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Read the sentence. it was announced that the president will visit our city on the evening news. which revision most effectively corrects the misplaced modifier?

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It was announced on the evening news that the President will visit our city.

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It was announced on the evening news that the president will visit our city.

The misplaced modifier in the original sentence is the phrase: "on the evening news". It is not clear what exactly that phrase is describing. In order to make it clear that the phrase is modifying when the announcement was made, it needs to follow the verb "announced" instead of "visit".
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