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Paralegal

Category - Communication

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Which of the following modifiers is NOT correct?
  1. She has been pregnant for barely one month.
  2. The new assistant brought coffee to the guests in cups.
  3. I knew after a review of the traffic video that the defendant ran the red light.
  4. The lion in the cage roared at the audience.
  5. The news reporter filed a story on the robbery from The Times.
  6. The governor provided refreshments to the reporters at the press conference.
  7. The driver in the red car witnessed the yellow truck with a logo run the red light.
  8. The owl in the barn hooted at the farmer.
  9. Remembering to call George, Jerry was about to leave the apartment.
  10. As the guests began arriving, Alex was not ready for the party.
  11. While driving around the block, my employer made a court appearance.
  12. All of the above.
Explanation
Answer: D - All of the above. Dangling modifiers do not modify anything. Answer A is not correct because “Remembering to call George” does not modify anything. A better construction for the sentence is: “Jerry was about to leave the apartment when he remembered to call George.” Answer B is not correct because “As the guests began arriving” does not modify anything. A better construction for the sentence is “Alex was not ready for the party when the guests began arriving.” Answer C is not correct because “While driving around the block” does not modify anything. A better construction is: “While I was driving around the block, my employer made a court appearance.”
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