ACT Aspire English: Correcting a Dangling Modifier

political science and went on to study in nigeria He

returned to the u S and began to attend law

school during which time he organized a march to encourage

african americans to vote while leading the march A sniper

shot him but he survived and was even able to

rejoin the march after he recovered Well tough dude Well

we know you might be thinking Yeah dude they just

told me not to use passive phrasing But the correct

answer is definitely feeling a little passive to me Or

perhaps you're thinking something more along the lines of what

the is this all right Well we can explain Our

original sentence is active as written While meredith was shot

by a sniper his passive like be there However the

first part of sentence begins with the phrase while leading

the march The subject isn't stated explicitly but we can

infer that it's merited because of this setup Well meredith

needs to come right after the comma The passive voice

isn't ideal but it's not grammatically incorrect either And while

it's the only choice that makes sense in context of

the question it's not The great choice is simply the

best before they give you Yeah don't hate the explainer

athe explanation right So reads while leading the march Meredith

was shot by a sniper but he survived and rejoined 00:01:47.625 --> [endTime] Yeah tough dude