Task: Complete each of the sentences below with the
appropriate ending, paying special attention to
modifiers. Click on the ending that you think is
preferable, and then click Continue.
1. After speaking with her mother on the phone, __________.
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Samantha decided to eat dinner. |
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the family sat down to dinner. |
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2. Jessica placed her coffee mug on the table __________.
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that was still hot. |
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that collapsed with the extra weight. |
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3. As the best-selling book explains, in order to lead a happy and fulfilling life __________.
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Mr. Johnson advises that one abide by a systematic regime of fun and exercise. |
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one must ignore all self-help books. |
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The modifier "in order to lead a happy and fulfilling life" does not describe
the author, Mr. Johnson, but the anonymous person who would want such a life.
The phrase modifies the subject "one" which shows up five words into this choice.
A correct rendition of this sentence would read "As the best-selling book explains,
in order to lead a happy and fulfilling life one must abide by a systematic
regime of fun and exercise." Choice (2) is correct as it because it starts with
"one," the subject that the modifying phrase explains.
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