Question

Walking down the street, the buildings appeared to be getting taller.

The capitalized phrase is a

A. prepositional phrase.
B. dangling modifier.
C. misplaced modifier.
D. gerund phrase

Answer 1

dangling modifier -- it should be modifying the subject (I) instead it is near the Buildings which are actually the "object" of the verb appeared (though, in truth, appeared doesn't take an object -- B