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Standard English ConventionsVery hardDangling modifier with an -ed opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Launched in 1955 as a lifeboat, ____

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

  1. A. the vessel now takes visitors round the bay.Correct
  2. B. visitors are now taken round the bay in the vessel.
  3. C. the bay is now toured in the vessel.
  4. D. trips round the bay are now made in the vessel.

Answer: A. the vessel now takes visitors round the bay.

What was launched as a lifeboat is the vessel, so it must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. visitors are now taken round the bay in the vessel.
Makes the visitors the thing launched.
C. the bay is now toured in the vessel.
Makes the bay the thing launched.
D. trips round the bay are now made in the vessel.
Makes the trips the thing launched.

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