The following sentence has a dangling modifier.

Filling the bicycle tires with plenty of alr, the bicycle seemed to race faster.

Which revision best corrects the error in the sentence?

emes O.

The bicycle seemed to race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.

The bicycle, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, seemed to race faster.

Carmen found that she could race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.

By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, Carmen found that she could race faster.

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Rohan Randolph

14 January, 23:46

The following sentence has a dangling modifier.

Filling the bicycle tires with plenty of alr, the bicycle seemed to race faster.

Which revision best corrects the error in the sentence?

emes O.

The bicycle seemed to race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.

The bicycle, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, seemed to race faster.

Carmen found that she could race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.

By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, Carmen found that she could race faster.

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Allisson Sawyer · Answer 1

By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, Carmen found that she could race faster.

Explanation:

"By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air" is an adverb clause that modifies the main clause and both have the same subject (Carmen). The example sentence has a dangling modifier because the subject of the first clause is not the same as the subject in the second one.

Oliver Richard · Answer 2

By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, Carmen found that she could race faster.