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Standard English ConventionsHardSubject of a dangling opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Exhausted after the night shift, ____

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. the nurse fell asleep on the bus home.Correct
  2. B. the bus home was where the nurse fell asleep.
  3. C. sleep overtook the nurse on the bus home.
  4. D. the bus carried the sleeping nurse home.

Answer: A. the nurse fell asleep on the bus home.

The nurse was exhausted, so the nurse must follow the opener.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the bus home was where the nurse fell asleep.
The bus was not exhausted.
C. sleep overtook the nurse on the bus home.
Sleep was not exhausted.
D. the bus carried the sleeping nurse home.
The bus was not exhausted.

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