EXAMPLE Enriching you
Vocabulary
EXERCISE 8 EDITING SENTENCES
On a separate piece of paper, rewrite each sentence to correct all
dangling and misplaced modifiers. If a sentence is correct, write C.
Walking toward the subway, the restaurant was closed.
Walking toward the subway, I saw that the restaurant was closed.
1. We could see the mountains in the distance driving toward Colorado.
2. Scrambling wildly up the drapes, Jim tried to stop the kitten.
3. To arrive at the airport in plenty of time, the alarm was set for 6 A. M.
4. Before leaving for the movies, pictures of the wedding were shown.
6. Surrounding the moon, Shelley could see a faint light during
5. While eating dinner, the power went off.
Recur comes from
recurrere, a Latin
that means to
or run back The
Nict between love
duty is a theme the
recurs in many pl
and novels.
07:00
the eclipse.
7. A tern plunged into the water and came up with a fish flying just
above the canal.
8. Forgetting the combination to her locker, the dream kept recurring,​