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Standard English ConventionsVery hardDangling modifier with an -ed opener

Standard English Conventions practice question

Sown under glass in February, ____

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

  1. A. the tomatoes are ready to plant out by May.Correct
  2. B. May is when the tomatoes are ready to plant out.
  3. C. the gardeners plant the tomatoes out by May.
  4. D. planting out the tomatoes is possible by May.

Answer: A. the tomatoes are ready to plant out by May.

The tomatoes are what is sown, so they must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. May is when the tomatoes are ready to plant out.
Makes May sown under glass.
C. the gardeners plant the tomatoes out by May.
Makes the gardeners sown.
D. planting out the tomatoes is possible by May.
Makes the planting sown.

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