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Choose the version of the sentence below that has correctly placed modifiers.Choose the version of the sentence below that has correctly placed modifiers. Question 13 options: a) Carrie said that there was nothing like a cold soft drink, frosty and foaming, on a hot day. b) Frosty and foaming, Carrie said that there was nothing like a cold soft drink on a hot day. c) A cold soft drink on a hot day was frosty and foaming as Carrie said there was nothing like it. d) A hot day was nothing like a frosty and foaming cold soft drink, Carrie said.

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Final answer:

The correct sentence with properly placed modifiers is 'Carrie said that there was nothing like a cold soft drink, frosty and foaming, on a hot day.' It correctly describes the cold soft drink with the modifiers 'frosty' and 'foaming'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question is about correctly placed modifiers in a sentence. Out of the given options, the sentence which correctly places the modifiers near the word they are supposed to modify is:

a) Carrie said that there was nothing like a cold soft drink, frosty and foaming, on a hot day.

This sentence places the descriptive phrases close to what they are describing, ensuring that the modifiers are not misplaced and the meaning of the sentence is clear. The modifiers 'frosty' and 'foaming' describe the cold soft drink, which makes sense in the context they are used.

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A

Step-by-step explanation:

It's the only sentence that makes sense to me.

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