CORRECTING DANGLING MODIFIERS The following sentence contains dangling modifiers. Rewrite the incorrect
sentence so that the meaning is clear.

Example 1.

Incorrect - “While waiting at the bus stop, the neon sign across the street
fascinated me.”

Correct - “While waiting at the bus stop. I was fascinated by the neon sign across the
street.”

“While checking the transmission fluid, the hood refused to stay up.”

The development of new inventions in the field of space travel seemed rapid. how does the word rapid function in a sentence?

Me with this questions i really need them right 4. any complex sentence contains a. independent clauses only b. dependent clauses only c. one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses d. neither independent clauses nor dependent clauses 5. an appositive is a phrase or clause that a. is a noun or group of words acting as a noun b. is placed right next to a noun c. gives more information about a noun d. all of the above 6. select the correctly punctuated sentence containing appositve. a. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. b. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. c. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job. d. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job.

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action