Question

the following sentence has a dangling modifier.
having been taught to cook by her grandmother, most recipes were found easy to follow.
which revision corrects the error in the sentence?

most recipes taught by her grandmother found cooking easy to follow.
most recipes were easy to follow, having been taught to cook by her grandmother.
having been taught to cook by her grandmother made most recipes easy to follow.
having been taught to cook by her grandmother, she found most recipes easy to follow.

Explanation:

A dangling modifier occurs when the modifier (the phrase "Having been taught to cook by her grandmother") doesn't clearly modify a logical subject in the main clause. In the original sentence, the modifier seems to modify "most recipes," but recipes can't be taught to cook. We need to reassign the modifier to a logical subject (a person).

• Option 1: "Most recipes...found cooking easy to follow" is illogical (recipes can't find cooking easy).
• Option 2: The modifier still incorrectly modifies "most recipes."
• Option 3: The phrase "Having been taught..." is a subject here, but the structure is awkward and the modifier's intended subject (a person) is still unclear.
• Option 4: "she" is the logical subject of the modifier ("Having been taught..."), so the modifier now correctly modifies "she," and the sentence makes sense.

Answer:

D. Having been taught to cook by her grandmother, she found most recipes easy to follow.