Question

Read the sentence.

Walking down the street, a strap on my backpack broke.

Which revision most effectively corrects the dangling modifier?


A. A strap on my backpack broke walking down the street.
B. While I was walking down the street and breaking a backpack strap.
C. A strap on my backpack broke while walking down the street.
D. While I was walking down the street, a strap on my backpack broke.

Answer 1

D. While I was walking down the street, a strap on my backpack broke.

Answer 2

D; to solve these types of problems you just need to see which sentence makes the most sense logically. You have to find out which sentence shows that the person them self owns the backpack and is walking down the street, and the strap on the backpack broke. All the other sentences imply that the backpack or strap was walking down the street.