Question

Need help on my english 11 Voices of Modernism(1920s-1940s) Unit Test

4. decide whether the sentence below contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error.

They spotted a pod of killer whales driving along the ocean highway.

choices:
a. dangling
b. misplaced
c. both misplaced and dangling
d. no error

Answer 1

c. both misplaced and dangling

Answer 2

The sentence has a dangling modifier.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Dangling modifier is a complete phrase or clause that doesn't logically fit the rest of the sentence and it modifies the incorrect word. "They spotted a pod of killer whales driving along the ocean highway" gives the idea that the killer whiles were driving, therefore "driving along the ocean highway" is the dangling modifier and the correct sentence should be "Driving along the ocean highway, they spotted a pod of killer whales."