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Being a disaster, John thought the flood would make a good news story. it has a dangling modifier it has a dangling participle it has a shift in number it has a double negative

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The option that correctly expresses the word usage in the sentence is provided below. It is;

  • A. It has a dangling modifier.

A dangling modifier is a word or group of words that describe a noun that was not intended.

In the sentence provided, the dangling modifier is the phrase, "Being a disaster." This phrase incorrectly describes the noun, John instead of the event that was a disaster which is, the flood.

There is a misplacement of the correct noun which is to be modified in the sentence.

Because the noun, John came immediately after the modifying phrase, a reader can misunderstand the sentence to mean that John, instead of the flood was a disaster.

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