IDENTIFYING DANGLING MODIFIERS 1

Topic: IDENTIFYING DANGLING MODIFIERS 1 | Level: ADVANCED
Choose whether each of the following sentences is CORRECT, or whether it has a DANGLING MODIFIER:
1. Unlike many other students, the financial aid office did not approve his application.
DANGLING MODIFIER_____
2. Unlike many other students, Jim didn't have any problems with his teachers.
______________________
3. Having learned Spanish in just three months, the stay in Mexico was a success.
______________________
4. Having learned French in just three months, Paul was as happy as he could be.
______________________
5. Drinking a beer, the feeling was a familiar one.
______________________
6. While watching a movie, people who talk loudly are really annoying.
______________________
7. While listening to the radio, one should always make sure that the volume is not too loud.
______________________
8. At the age of sixteen, I moved back to California.
______________________
9. Looking over the student's exam, several mistakes became evident right away.
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10. Looking over the student's exam, the professor noticed several mistakes.
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ANSWERS:
1. DANGLING MODIFIER
2. CORRECT
3. DANGLING MODIFIER
4. CORRECT
5. DANGLING MODIFIER
6. DANGLING MODIFIER
7. CORRECT
8. CORRECT
9. DANGLING MODIFIER
10. CORRECT