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Select the correct text in the passage. Identify the dangling modifier in the sentences. Attacked by the school bully, the backpack fell from Abner’s shoulder. When Amaury slipped on the wet sidewalk, the keys fell from his pocket. Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket.

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Select the correct text in the passage. Identify the dangling modifier in the sentences. Attacked by the school bully, the backpack fell from Abner’s shoulder.

When Amaury slipped on the wet sidewalk, the keys fell from his pocket.

Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket.

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Solution

The dangling modifier in these sentences is in the first sentence: "Attacked by the school bully, the backpack fell from Abner’s shoulder."

The modifier "Attacked by the school bully" is dangling because it is not clearly or logically related to the subject of the main clause, "the backpack." The sentence seems to suggest that the backpack was attacked by the school bully, which is not the intended meaning.

The sentence should be revised to something like: "Attacked by the school bully, Abner dropped his backpack." This revision removes the dangling modifier by making "Abner" the subject of the main clause, which is the logical target of the modifier.

The other two sentences do not contain dangling modifiers.

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