Final answer:
Sentence A, 'Pedrito got into serious trouble missing the grammar quiz last Monday,' contains a dangling participial phrase, which is a phrase that is separated from the word it is meant to modify. By rephrasing the sentence and connecting the participial phrase to the subject properly, the confusion can be eliminated.A. Pedrito got into serious trouble missing the grammar quiz last Monday.
Step-by-step explanation:
A dangling participial phrase is a phrase that is separated from the word it is meant to modify, resulting in an unclear or illogical sentence. In this case, sentence A, "Pedrito got into serious trouble missing the grammar quiz last Monday," contains a dangling participial phrase. The participial phrase "missing the grammar quiz last Monday" is intended to modify "Pedrito," but it is not connected to the subject properly, making the sentence confusing. To fix this, we can rephrase the sentence to say, "By missing the grammar quiz last Monday, Pedrito got into serious trouble."