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Standard English ConventionsVery hardDangling modifier with an -ing opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Hoping to see the otters, ____

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

  1. A. the visitors waited quietly by the weir until dusk.Correct
  2. B. the weir was watched quietly until dusk.
  3. C. dusk found the weir being watched quietly.
  4. D. the wait by the weir lasted until dusk.

Answer: A. the visitors waited quietly by the weir until dusk.

Those hoping are the visitors, so they must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the weir was watched quietly until dusk.
Makes the weir the one hoping.
C. dusk found the weir being watched quietly.
Makes dusk the one hoping.
D. the wait by the weir lasted until dusk.
Makes the wait the one hoping.

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