Read this poem by Carl Sandburg: A Fence

Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the workmen are beginning the fence. The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the life out of any man who falls on them. As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble and all vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering children looking for a place to play. Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing except Death and the Rain and To-morrow. What feeling about the fence does Sandburg create with his choice of words?

lonely

welcoming

forbidding

humorous

Forbidding.

Explanation:

"The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the life out of any man who falls on them"

"Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing except death and the rain and tomorrow"

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.

the god   the goddess of salt water, of fresh water   yet more powerful and perfect.