Question

Which revision fixes the dangling modifier in this sentence?

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A) While walking to school almost a mile in the wet, heavy snow, the weather was miserable.
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B) While walking to school almost a mile in the heavy, wet snow, the weather was miserable.
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C) Almost a mile in the wet, heavy snow, while I was walking to school, the weather was miserable.
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D) While I was walking almost a mile to school, the weather was miserable, with wet, heavy snow.

Answer 1

D. While I was walking almost a mile to school, the weather was miserable, with wet, heavy snow.

Answer 2

The answer is: D. While I was walking almost a mile to school, the weather was miserable, with wet, heavy snow.

The modifiers are word that add a clarification for the sentence to get logical meaning, the dangling modifier is an error in the sentence where the target word is missing, this make the whole sentence incomprehensible or poor of meaning, in this particular sentence when you add the subject who is telling the story the sentence becomes logical.