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Zorluk: Çok zorMisplaced and Dangling Modifiers

By analyzing the chemical composition of the glaze on the ancient pottery shards, the date of the kiln's operation was estimated by the archaeologists to be around 1200 BCE.

Which of the following choices best corrects the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. the archaeologists estimated the date of the kiln's operation to beCevap
  3. C
    the archaeologists, who estimated the date of the kiln's operation to be
  4. D
    the archaeologists estimated the date of the kiln's operation, it was

Cevap

The correct choice is the option that places the archaeologists as the subject of the main clause immediately following the introductory phrase, which resolves the dangling modifier and forms a complete, grammatically correct sentence: 'the archaeologists estimated the date of the kiln's operation to be'.
The correct choice resolves the dangling modifier by placing 'the archaeologists'—the logical agent performing the analysis—as the subject of the main clause immediately following the comma. This makes the sentence grammatically clear and complete.

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1
Identify the introductory modifying phrase and determine what or who it modifies.
The phrase 'By analyzing the chemical composition of the glaze on the ancient pottery shards' describes an action that must be performed by an active agent capable of analysis.
An introductory modifying phrase must logically describe the subject of the clause that immediately follows it.
2
Check the subject of the clause in the original sentence to see if it matches the agent of the modifying phrase.
In the original sentence, the subject is 'the date of the kiln's operation'. Since a date cannot analyze glaze, the modifier is dangling.
This step evaluates if the modifier is misplaced or dangling, which is a grammatical error.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the one that places the logical agent as the subject of the main clause without introducing other grammatical errors.
The option beginning with 'the archaeologists' correctly places the active agents as the subject. The option with 'who' creates a sentence fragment, while the option with 'it was' creates a comma splice. The option 'the archaeologists estimated the date of the kiln's operation to be' is both grammatically correct and logical.
This step eliminates grammatically incorrect distractors to find the correct correction.

Anahtar Kavram

An introductory modifying phrase must be immediately followed by a subject that can logically perform the action described in the phrase. Otherwise, the modifier is dangling.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

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