Which of these sentences DO/ DOES contain dangling modifiers?9AtsakymasGiving an important speech, the chairman made a number of grammatical errors.Giving an important speech, we couldn't help laughing at the chairman's grammatical errors.Giving an important speech, the building was full of the chairman's supporters.Giving an important speech, the chairman began to shake uncontrollably.
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Which of these sentences DO/ DOES contain dangling modifiers?9AtsakymasGiving an important speech, the chairman made a number of grammatical errors.Giving an important speech, we couldn't help laughing at the chairman's grammatical errors.Giving an important speech, the building was full of the chairman's supporters.Giving an important speech, the chairman began to shake uncontrollably.
Solution
The sentences that contain dangling modifiers are:
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"Giving an important speech, we couldn't help laughing at the chairman's grammatical errors." - This sentence is incorrect because the modifier "Giving an important speech" is not clearly or logically related to the subject of the sentence, "we". It seems to suggest that "we" were the ones giving the speech, which is not the intended meaning.
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"Giving an important speech, the building was full of the chairman's supporters." - This sentence is incorrect because the modifier "Giving an important speech" is not clearly or logically related to the subject of the sentence, "the building". A building cannot give a speech.
The other two sentences are correct because the modifier "Giving an important speech" is clearly and logically related to the subject of the sentence, "the chairman".
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