ACT Aspire English: Correcting a Dangling Modifier
Choose the best alternative to the text below.
a sniper shot him
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Transcript
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