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Standard English ConventionsVery hardDangling modifier with an -ed opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Grafted onto dwarf rootstock, ____

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

  1. A. the new trees will stay small enough to pick from the ground.Correct
  2. B. the pickers will be able to reach the new trees from the ground.
  3. C. the ground will be close enough for picking the new trees.
  4. D. picking the new trees from the ground will be possible.

Answer: A. the new trees will stay small enough to pick from the ground.

The trees are what is grafted, so they must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the pickers will be able to reach the new trees from the ground.
Makes the pickers grafted.
C. the ground will be close enough for picking the new trees.
Makes the ground grafted.
D. picking the new trees from the ground will be possible.
Makes the picking grafted.

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