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Review Exercise 19-5 Editing for

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Underline and correct the misplaced and dangling modifiers in the
following paragraph.

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Creamy, sweet, and irresistible, Betty does crazy things to feed her
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addiction to chocolate. Last Monday, desperate for chocolate, a
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thunderstorm did not deter her from going out for candy. Squinting

past the windshield wipers, sheeting rain poured as she splashed into
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the parking lot of Food Town. Minutes later, wet but triumphant, her
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purchase was made. The store nearly charged five dollars for the
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candy, but she did not mind. She munched on it straight from the bag
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as she drove on the seat beside her. Eating and driving at the same

time, an accident was barely avoided when she swerved to keep from
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hitting a pedestrian. She only saw him at the last minute. Then,
struck by a bolt of lightning, she saw a huge tree that had split

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down the middle. She realized that she had taken an unnecessary
risk in going out for candy in a thunderstorm that she did not really

need at all.

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