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Which sentence has a misplaced adjective phrase? A. An engineer from Chicago bought the new house. B. The jeans with blue lace are the ones I wear the most. C. The boy with the soft voice seems so excited. D. Two blue jays kept a watchful eye on the dog in a tree.

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The correct answer is D. Because 'in a tree' is misplaced, we don't know whether the dog is in the tree, or if two blue jays are. 
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