EXERCISE S3–6 Dangling modifiers

EXERCISE S3-6Dangling modifiers

Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

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To complete an online purchase with a credit card, the expiration date and the security code must be entered.

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Suggested revision: To complete an online purchase with a credit card, you must enter the expiration date and the security code.
EXERCISE S3-6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - To complete an online purchase with a credit card, the expiration date and the security code must be entered.

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Though only sixteen, UCLA accepted Martha’s application.

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Suggested revision: Though Martha was only sixteen, UCLA accepted her application.
EXERCISE S3-6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Though only sixteen, UCLA accepted Martha’s application.

3 of 5

Settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.

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Suggested revision: As I settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.
EXERCISE S3-6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Settled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.

4 of 5

After studying polymer chemistry, computer games seemed less complex to Phuong.

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Suggested revision: After studying polymer chemistry, Phuong found computer games less complex.
EXERCISE S3-6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - After studying polymer chemistry, computer games seemed less complex to Phuong.

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When a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.

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Suggested revision: When I was a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.
EXERCISE S3-6 Dangling modifiers - Edit the following sentences to correct dangling modifiers. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - When a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes.