Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.

Having read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.

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Juliet Cordova

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21 June, 11:22

Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.

Having read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.

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Theresa Weber · Answer 1

The house was shut down for the night, having read the children a bedtime story.

Explanation:

A modifier gives more reason or undertone about a sentence. So by using the sentence as it's given in the sentence; it doesn't show it's function but in the rewritten form it does just that. It explains why the door was shut down for the night.

Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.Having read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.

Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.

Having read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.