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Editing Exercise 2 Misplaced

and Dangling Modifiers, Parallel

Structure, and Verb Shifts

Underline the misplaced and dangling modifiers and parallel structure
errors and correct them in the answer lines that follow the paragraph.

1 parallel structure error 5 shifts in verb tense

2 misplaced and dangling modifiers 2 shifts in voice

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I enjoy watching the previews when I went to the movie theater every
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weekend. Unfortunately, many people speak loudly to their friends,
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unaware that other moviegoers are annoyed by their whispers. This
week there were previews for a romantic comedy, a horror movie, and a
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movie with lots of action. Because so many people were talking, I
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miss the three previews. Interested in romantic comedies, One Plus
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One might have interested me. I believe that many moviegoers are
annoyed by this rude behavior because I often saw patrons shoot

accusatory looks at offenders or hiss a “Shhhh” in the general
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direction of the noise. On rare occasions, when patrons are
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exceptionally disruptive, ushers intervened. If ushers are not

around, popcorn may be thrown at noisy audience members by irritated
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moviegoers. When I go to the movies, I tried to be respectful of

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