There is an error in the underlined portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.
Looking down from the shore, one seldom notices the ocean’s depth at 12,080 feet or the equivalent of eight Empire State Buildings piled atop each other.
Explanation
Answer: B - Viewed from the shore, one seldom notices the ocean’s depth at 12,080 feet or the equivalent of eight Empire State Buildings piled atop each other. When a sentence begins with a modifying phrase such as “Looking down from the shore”, it must correctly modify the sentence’s subject. If this does not occur, it results in a dangling modifier. Options A, C, D, and E all contain dangling modifiers; these are words or phrases that modify an unintended word due to the placement in the independent clause or the sentence.
