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Difficulty: MediumMisplaced and Dangling Modifiers

While restoring the ancient Roman fresco, the delicate colors of the mural were carefully preserved by the conservator using organic solvents.

Which choice most clearly and logically corrects the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    the delicate colors of the mural were carefully preserved by the conservator using organic solvents.
  2. B
    organic solvents were used by the conservator to carefully preserve the delicate colors of the mural.
  3. the conservator carefully preserved the mural's delicate colors using organic solvents.Answer
  4. D
    the conservator, who carefully preserved the mural's delicate colors using organic solvents.

Answer

the conservator carefully preserved the mural's delicate colors using organic solvents.
The correct option resolves the dangling modifier by placing the logical subject, 'the conservator', directly after the introductory clause. This makes it clear who was restoring the fresco, and the rest of the sentence is a complete independent clause in the active voice.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the subject of the introductory phrase.
The introductory phrase 'While restoring the ancient Roman fresco' describes an action that requires a person to perform it.
To avoid a dangling modifier, the noun immediately following the comma must be the logical subject of that introductory action.
2
Evaluate the options to find one that places the logical subject immediately after the introductory phrase while forming a complete sentence.
The option beginning with 'the conservator' and ending with a complete predicate corrects the modifier error and avoids creating a fragment.
Placing 'the conservator' as the subject of the main clause makes the sentence grammatically logical, and avoiding relative clauses like 'who...' prevents a sentence fragment.

Key Concept

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

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