Test yourself—Excuse me, have you misplaced your modifier?
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Test yourself—Excuse Me, Have You Misplaced Your Modifier?
- Did Eve really give her grandfather, for his birthday, an Avril Lavigne concert ticket?
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- The computer system almost cost $2,000, but Michel had enough money saved from his fire-eating gigs to pay the bill in full.
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- Place the plate in front of the diner with the meat, not the vegetables, facing the person.
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- Alice decided to, after a particularly bad week both at work and at home, visit her brother for the weekend.
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- “Acting simply is not valued by the philistines who grant Academy Awards,” Mimi snorted.
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- We had almost thrown all our snowballs when our fort was charged by two frenzied redheads from the opposing team.
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- She loaded the bottles and cans into her husband’s new Porsche 911, which she planned to leave at the recycling centre.
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