Question
related to the words that they modify confusion can result. monput nfusion carses are not clearly EXAMPLE: Dangling: While jogging, the CD player broke. Revised: While jogging, I broke the CD player. B. Rewrite the following sentences so that the participial phrase clearly modifies the correct word. 1. Growling loudly, my scarf was being chewed up by the dog. __ scarf 2. Tonya saw the sun rise from her favourite bench in the park. __ 3. While sleeping outside , the tent blew down. __ 4. A graduate of McGill Andrew's head is bursting with ideas. __ 5. A new treatment is being provided for the prevention of snoring in doctors' offices. __
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1. **Growling loudly, the dog chewed up my scarf.** (The dog is growling, not the scarf.)2. **From her favourite bench in the park, Tonya saw the sun rise.** (Tonya is on the bench, not the sunrise.) Alternatively, and perhaps more naturally: **Tonya saw the sun rise as she sat on her favourite bench in the park.**3. **While I was sleeping outside, the tent blew down.** (The tent wasn't sleeping.) Or: **While sleeping outside, I experienced my tent blowing down.**4. **A graduate of McGill, Andrew has a head bursting with ideas.** (Andrew graduated from McGill, not his head.)5. **Doctors are providing a new treatment in their offices for the prevention of snoring.** (The treatment isn't in the doctors' offices being provided *for* snoring prevention, it *is* the snoring prevention treatment.) Or, to keep the passive voice: **A new treatment for the prevention of snoring is being provided in doctors' offices.**