Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

We can take the orange line of the trolley all the way to downtown to see the play.

Tony said he'd meet us by the fountain right outside the movie theater.

The orange tabby cat sat on the windowsill with the crooked tail.

Our neighbor in the blue house grows the most beautiful flowers.

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Korbin Combs

25 February, 11:42

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

We can take the orange line of the trolley all the way to downtown to see the play.

Tony said he'd meet us by the fountain right outside the movie theater.

The orange tabby cat sat on the windowsill with the crooked tail.

Our neighbor in the blue house grows the most beautiful flowers.

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Hannah Mendoza · Answer 1

The orange tabby cat sat on the windowsill with the crooked tail.

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Jamir Reyes · Answer 2

The orange tabby cat sat on the windowsill with the crooked tail.

Explanation:

Misplaced modifiers are phrases, words, or clauses which are mistakenly separated from the nouns they modify. They can be misplaced adjectives, misplaced phrases, or misplaced adverbs.

In the sentence 'The orange tabby cat sat on the windowsill with the crooked tail', with the crooked tail is a misplaced phrase. This phrases modifies cat, but it is used after windowsill.

Its correct version is: The orange tabby cat with the crooked tail sat on the windowsill.