Which sentence has a misplaced modifier? a. because the car was cramped, the trip was uncomfortable. b. in school, my mother encouraged me to join the band. c. richard nearly caught the fly ball at the game.

B. In school, my mother encouraged me to join the band.

The modifier in this case is misplaced as it makes it sound like the mother was at school when she gave the advice. Modifiers can be very important to the structure of a sentence as they can significantly change the meaning if misplaced.

All the other examples express the meaning of the sentence clearly.

the answer to the blank is recite