Read the sentence.

Digging to the bottom of my suitcase, my passport stayed hidden under a pile of dirty clothes.

Which options most effectively revise the sentence to eliminate the dangling modifier?

(Select all that apply.)

a:Digging to the bottom of my suitcase, I failed to locate my passport, which was hidden under a pile of dirty clothes

b: I was digging to the bottom of my suitcase, but hidden under a pile of dirty clothes was my passport

c: digging to the bottom of my suitcase, under a pile of clothes, my passport stayed hidden.

d: I was digging to the bottom of my suitcase but failed to locate my passport, which was hidden under a pile of dirty clothes

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14 May, 12:57

Read the sentence.

Digging to the bottom of my suitcase, my passport stayed hidden under a pile of dirty clothes.

Which options most effectively revise the sentence to eliminate the dangling modifier?

(Select all that apply.)

a:Digging to the bottom of my suitcase, I failed to locate my passport, which was hidden under a pile of dirty clothes

b: I was digging to the bottom of my suitcase, but hidden under a pile of dirty clothes was my passport

c: digging to the bottom of my suitcase, under a pile of clothes, my passport stayed hidden.

d: I was digging to the bottom of my suitcase but failed to locate my passport, which was hidden under a pile of dirty clothes

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Yareli Barron · Answer 1

First of all, you need to know what a dangling modifier is. It means that there is a modifier which refers to the wrong thing in a sentence. Here, that would be 'digging to the bottom of my suitcase.' As you can see, the way this sentence is written, it would seem that modifier refers to 'my passport' as if it was digging, which is not true.

Therefore, the correct answer which fixes this problem is A. Digging to the bottom of my suitcase, I failed to locate my passport, which was hidden under a pile of dirty clothes