Question

Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.

Having read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.

Answer 1

The house shut down, for the night, having read the children a bedtime story.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The house was shut down for the night, having read the children a bedtime story.

Step-by-step explanation:

A modifier gives more reason or undertone about a sentence. So by using the sentence as it's given in the sentence; it doesn't show it's function but in the rewritten form it does just that. It explains why the door was shut down for the night.