EXAMPLE Enriching you
Vocabulary
EXERCISE 8 EDITING SENTENCES
On a separate piece of paper, rewrite each sentence to correct all
dangling and misplaced modifiers. If a sentence is correct, write C.
Walking toward the subway, the restaurant was closed.
Walking toward the subway, I saw that the restaurant was closed.
1. We could see the mountains in the distance driving toward Colorado.
2. Scrambling wildly up the drapes, Jim tried to stop the kitten.
3. To arrive at the airport in plenty of time, the alarm was set for 6 A. M.
4. Before leaving for the movies, pictures of the wedding were shown.
6. Surrounding the moon, Shelley could see a faint light during
5. While eating dinner, the power went off.
Recur comes from
recurrere, a Latin
that means to
or run back The
Nict between love
duty is a theme the
recurs in many pl
and novels.
07:00
the eclipse.
7. A tern plunged into the water and came up with a fish flying just
above the canal.
8. Forgetting the combination to her locker, the dream kept recurring,​

Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you