Identify the dangling modifier in the choices below:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Having analyzed the telemetry data, several anomalous readings were noted by the team.
- Step 1: A participial modifier at the beginning of a sentence must logically modify the grammatical subject immediately following the comma.
- Step 2: In the sentence 'Having analyzed the telemetry data, several anomalous readings were noted by the team', 'Having analyzed the telemetry data' is followed by 'several anomalous readings', implying the readings did the analyzing.
Answer
Having analyzed the telemetry data, several anomalous readings were noted by the team.
Why not the others: In the other options, the participial phrases logically modify 'the advisory panel', 'the botanist', and 'technicians'.
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