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Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
After walking to school, the bus slowly passed by.
The school bus has a morning and afternoon route.
Several students walk home together in the evening.
While waiting for the bus, Egypt ate her breakfast.

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MrsTate

After walking to school, the bus slowly passed by.

This sentence contains a dangling modifier. The dangling modifier is "After walking to school". We don't know who did the walking. The bus is the subject of the sentence, but we know that the bus certainly didn't do any walking. We also don't know what the bus passed by. The rest of the sentences are correct as written. In the last option, it is clear that Egypt is the one waiting for the bus.

OlanmaE

The sentence that contains a dangling modifier from the options provided is: After walking to school, the bus slowly passed by.

What is a Dangling Modifier?

A dangling modifier is a word that is not specific about the subject it describes.

In the first sentence above, we have a dangling modifier because the reader cannot clearly identify who walked to school. The phrase, "the bus slowly passed by" is a dangling modifier.

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