Correcting Misplaced Modifiers

Identify any misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, select “Correct.”

For help with this exercise, see “Misplaced Modifiers.”

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

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 1
  2. People claim to be able to feel and move invisible energy fields who practice therapeutic touch.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 2
  3. According to believers in therapeutic touch, an energy field can cause pain and illness that is out of alignment.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 3
  4. A practitioner treating a patient does not touch the sick person.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 4
  5. After a session of therapeutic touch, many patients just report that they felt better without knowing why.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 5
  6. 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.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 6
  7. 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.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 7
  8. Even though guessing should have allowed a 50 percent accuracy rate, the practitioners were correct only 44 percent of the time.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 8
  9. Anyone who can demonstrate the ability to detect a human energy field can claim a million-dollar prize in a similar experiment.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 9
  10. The prize has not been awarded yet, which is offered by a foundation that investigates supernatural claims.

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    Correcting Misplaced Modifiers - Question 10
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