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Rewrite the sentence by correcting the misplaced modifier, squinting modifier, or dangling modifier.

Shelly said frequently she needed to leave early to get to work on time.

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Shelly frequently said she needed to leave early to get to work on time.
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Answer:

Shelly said she frequently needed to leave early to get to work on time.

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence has a misplaced modifier which a word or a phrase that is located in the incorrect position in a grammatical structure, therefore in this sentence frequently is an adverb that is located in the incorrect position of the sentence, the frequency adverbs are regularly used before the verb, even when there are some exceptions, the general rule states like that.

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