EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers
EXERCISE 12–6Dangling modifiers
Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.
To complete an online purchase with a credit card, the expiration date and the security code must be entered.
Suggested revision: To complete an online purchase with a credit card, you must enter the expiration date and the security code.
EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - To complete an online purchase with a credit card, the expiration date and the security code must be entered.
Though only sixteen, UCLA accepted Martha’s application.
Suggested revision: Though Martha was only sixteen, UCLA accepted her application.
EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Though only sixteen, UCLA accepted Martha’s application.
Settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.
Suggested revision: As I settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.
EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.
After studying polymer chemistry, computer games seemed less complex to Phuong.
Suggested revision: After studying polymer chemistry, Phuong found computer games less complex.
EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - After studying polymer chemistry, computer games seemed less complex to Phuong.
When a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.
Suggested revision: When I was a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.
EXERCISE 12–6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - When a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.