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Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?

a. Looking toward the south, a funnel cloud stirred up the dust.
b. They saw a fence made of barbed wire behind the house.
c. Mary watched nearly two hundred movies last year.
d. The four men eating lunch talked quietly in the corner.

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User Jurga
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The answer is A!

It should read;

Looking toward the south, I saw a funnel shaped cloud stir up the dust.

The cloud can't see so a noun had to be added.

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User Yaremenko Andrii
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