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Standard English ConventionsVery hardDangling modifier with an -ing opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Climbing the last stretch to the summit, ____

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

  1. A. the walkers saw the whole coast laid out below them.Correct
  2. B. the whole coast was laid out below.
  3. C. the view of the coast opened out below.
  4. D. the coast came into view below.

Answer: A. the walkers saw the whole coast laid out below them.

Those climbing are the walkers, so they must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the whole coast was laid out below.
Makes the coast the one climbing.
C. the view of the coast opened out below.
Makes the view the one climbing.
D. the coast came into view below.
Makes the coast the one climbing.

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