It was difficult for me running down the darkened hallway to see. which rewrite best corrects the dangling modifier? o a) it was difficult to see for me running down the darkened hallway. ob) running down the darkened hallway, it was difficult for me to see. oc) it was difficult for me to see running down the darkened hallway. od) running down, it was difficult for me to see the darkened hallway.

mailman is the most possessive answee

answer: a

explanation:

we need more information in order to answer.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.