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Underline and fix the dangling modifier:
Fishing for trout, our boat tipped over.

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Answer:

Fishing for trout is the dangling modifier, and to fix it you'd say something like "When we were fishing for trout,"

Step-by-step explanation:

Just saying "Fishing for trout" doesn't explain who, or what was fishing, and therefore doesn't make sense with the end of the sentence.

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