The following sentence has a misplaced modifier. Tired of studying and writing research papers, summer vacation came as a relief to the student. Which revision corrects the error in the sentence?
A. Summer vacation came as a relief to studying and writing research papers for the student.
B.Relief to the student came as summer vacation, which was tired of studying and writing research papers.
C.Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.
D.The student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers, came to summer vacation as a relief.

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kansasshippy kansasshippy · Answer 1 · 2018-09-25T05:32:33+02:00

The sentence that sounds the best when you read it out loud is:

C. Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.

If you read all the sentences out loud they all sound weird except for this one.

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JackelineCasarez JackelineCasarez · Answer 2 · 2021-10-21T11:50:39+02:00

The revision that most adequately rectifies the mistake in the given sentence would be:

C). Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.

'Misplaced modifier' is characterized as the grammatical error in which the modifying word or phrase is unadequately isolated from the noun or pronoun it is describing/modifying.
This leads to create a confusion and jumbles up the meaning of the sentence.
In the given sentence, the modifying phrase 'tired...paper' is wrongly separated from its modifying word i.e. 'the student.'
The above statement 'Summer vacation...paper' correctly places the modifier right after the noun it modifies using a relative pronoun which clarifies the meaning.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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