Question

multiple choice question
locate the modifier error in the passage shown here.
(1) marcella often found herself angrily and emphatically disagreeing with her boss, rich. (2) she was now making a concerted effort to get along with him but without consistent success. (3) having left richs office after yet another heated argument, marcella had a moment of panic when rich called her back. (4) however, her panic was unfounded. (5) after being called back to his office, rich told marcella that she had been promoted.

• \unfounded,\ in sentence 4
• \angrily and emphatically,\ in sentence 1
• \having left richs office after yet another heated argument,\ in sentence 3
• \after being called back to his office,\ in sentence 5

Explanation:

A modifier should be placed as close as possible to the word it modifies. In sentence 5, the phrase "after being called back to his office" is a dangling modifier. It seems to modify "Rich" (the subject of the main clause), but it was Marcella who was called back. The intended meaning is that Marcella was called back, not Rich.

Answer:

"after being called back to his office," in sentence 5