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Please help! I have an english assignment due in an hour!

Identify the misplaced modifier:

Walking into the library, the research paper seemed too overwhelming to Amy.

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Answer: The misplaced modifier in the sentence is "Walking into the library". It modifies the wrong noun, implying that the library, not Amy, is walking into the library. A corrected version could be "The research paper seemed too overwhelming to Amy, who was walking into the library."

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