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by karthikpandian19 » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:11 pm
Find the misplaced modifiers in these sentences and the odd man out::

(A) An agile fox has a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which are why hunters never catch her.

(B) An agile fox with a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which smells trouble from a mile away, is the only animal that the hunter is after.

(C) Suddenly the fox, who has noticed the lion's feet that have moved from the ditch, which are stuck under a large rock, quickly runs from her bush.

(D) The fox always waits for opportunities to escape from hunters and larger animals, which arise quickly.

(E) All of these sentences are correctly written.
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by eagleeye » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:51 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:Find the misplaced modifiers in these sentences and the odd man out::
(A) An agile fox has a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which are why hunters never catch her.
which "are" why is incorrect because the sentence is talking about the reason for the agile fox not being caught.


(B) An agile fox with a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which smells trouble from a mile away, is the only animal that the hunter is after.
This is correct. which describes the nose and if we replace the non-essential modifier, the meaning remains the same. S-V agreement in place

(C) Suddenly the fox, who has noticed the lion's feet that have moved from the ditch, which are stuck under a large rock, quickly runs from her bush.
who is a personal pronoun, can't be used for a fox. which are stuck seems to describe the ditch, instead of the lion's feet. her should be replaced by its

(D) The fox always waits for opportunities to escape from hunters and larger animals, which arise quickly.
which arise quickly seems to modify hunters and larger animals, instead of opportunities

(E) All of these sentences are correctly written.
No. They aren't.
Hence B.
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jul 15, 2012 9:33 pm
D. The fox always waits for opportunities to escape from hunters and larger animals, which arise quickly.

I could mean that the Fox waits for an opportunity to escape from animals, which arise quickly (in the morning). I know that I have changed the meaning of the subject but I am just trying t interpret in a different way. (may be finally silly...)


eagleeye wrote:
karthikpandian19 wrote:Find the misplaced modifiers in these sentences and the odd man out::
(A) An agile fox has a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which are why hunters never catch her.
which "are" why is incorrect because the sentence is talking about the reason for the agile fox not being caught.


(B) An agile fox with a sleek red coat and a nose for danger, which smells trouble from a mile away, is the only animal that the hunter is after.
This is correct. which describes the nose and if we replace the non-essential modifier, the meaning remains the same. S-V agreement in place

(C) Suddenly the fox, who has noticed the lion's feet that have moved from the ditch, which are stuck under a large rock, quickly runs from her bush.
who is a personal pronoun, can't be used for a fox. which are stuck seems to describe the ditch, instead of the lion's feet. her should be replaced by its

(D) The fox always waits for opportunities to escape from hunters and larger animals, which arise quickly.
which arise quickly seems to modify hunters and larger animals, instead of opportunities

(E) All of these sentences are correctly written.
No. They aren't.
Hence B.
Let me know if this helps :)
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