Question

Identify the sentences with dangling modifiers. Be sure to check all that apply. Check all that apply. As the CEO, his e-mail messages represent the company. Being unfamiliar with the procedure, it was difficult to explain how to file an incident report. Concerning the Mattson account, you should have recommendations ready by next Monday. After opening a second restaurant, she realized that she didn’t really want to be in the food-service industry anymore. Having completed the report in a timely manner, all deadlines were met.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "B", "C" and "D" : Being unfamiliar with the procedure, it was difficult to explain how to file an incident report; Concerning the Mattson account, you should have recommendations ready by next Monday;  After opening a second restaurant, she realized that she didn’t really want to be in the food-service industry anymore.

Explanation:

Dangling modifiers attempt to give clarity to a sentence where the subject is not clear. Most of the time, sentences are corrected with dangling modifiers by adding the corresponding pronouns of the actions being committed. Dangling modifiers add clarity to messages mostly in business writing where being professional in all sense of the word is essential.

Therefore, from the exercise, the sentences using dangling modifiers are:  

• Being unfamiliar with the procedure, it was difficult to explain how to file an incident report.
• Concerning the Mattson account, you should have recommendations ready by next Monday.
• After opening a second restaurant, she realized that she didn’t really want to be in the food-service industry anymore.