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Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

In the last second, their team made the wining basket.
On the court, the excited fans cheered the players.
All four of the Morenos were screaming wildly.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is:

B) On the court, the excited fans cheered the players.

By placing the modifier "on the court" at the beginning of the sentence, the message conveyed is that the fans, who were on the court, cheered the players. So both the fans and the players were on the court. However, if the modifier is placed at the end of the sentence (the excited fans cheered the players on the court,) the message changes, and it becomes clearer that the fans were cheering the players from the stand.

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