Question

Which sentence has a dangling modifier?

A.While camping in the desert, a sandstorm hit.
B.To take her time, she tried to notice all of the details.
C.Once in the elevator, the friends laughed at a private joke.
D.Double checking the oven was off, she paced around the room.

Answer 1

A. While camping in the desert, a sandstorm hit.

Step-by-step explanation:

A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that gives more information about a word, noun, or pronoun, not clearly stated in the sentence. The dangling modifier in Option A is the phrase, "While camping in the desert." This phrase was meant to refer to a person or group of persons who performed the action of camping in the desert but that information was clearly omitted from the sentence. Thus, the phrase becomes a dangling modifier.

Notice, that in the other options, the person or group of persons who performed the actions were clearly stated. In the second sentence, the pronoun, 'she', 'took her time'.