Correcting Misplaced Modifiers (2)

For each of the following sentences, identify any misplaced modifiers. If a sentence is correct, select Correct.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 28 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. Many nurses are being trained to perform therapeutic touch who work in U.S. hospitals.
    1. being trained
    2. who work in U.S. hospitals
    3. Correct
  1. Question 1.573

    Are there energy fields that can be touched by trained professionals in a human body?

    A.
    B.
    C.

  2. Question 1.574

    People claim to be able to feel and move invisible energy fields who practice therapeutic touch.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  3. Question 1.575

    According to believers in therapeutic touch, an energy field can cause pain and illness that is out of alignment.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  4. Question 1.576

    A practitioner treating a patient does not touch the sick person.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  5. Question 1.577

    After a session of therapeutic touch, many patients just report that they felt better without knowing why.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  6. Question 1.578

    Emily Rosa, the twelve-year-old daughter of a nurse, made news when her experiment appeared in an important medical journal to test practitioners of therapeutic touch.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  7. Question 1.579

    In her experiment, practitioners were supposed to use the invisible energy field to determine when her hands were near theirs who could not see Emily.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  8. Question 1.580

    Even though guessing should have allowed a 50 percent accuracy rate, the practitioners were correct only 44 percent of the time.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  9. Question 1.581

    Anyone who can demonstrate the ability to detect a human energy field can claim a million-dollar prize in a similar experiment.

    A.
    B.
    C.

  10. Question 1.582

    The prize has not been awarded yet, which is offered by a foundation that investigates supernatural claims.

    A.
    B.
    C.