“calmness in the interview is a sign of confidence.” which of the following sentences would be an effective paraphrase of this sentence? a. calmness in the interview is a measure of confidence. b. if you are calm during your interview, the interviewer will see you as confident. c. calmness is confidence. d. being confident in an interview shows that you are calm.

type of error:

the error in the sentence is a "dangling modifier". a dangling modifier is a phrase, word or clause that "dangles" because there is not target to modify. in this case, "after mopping the floor" is the dangling modifier since it has no word to modify. the noun "house" cannot mop the floor; therefore there is a mistake in the writing of the sentence.