Question

the following sentence has a misplaced modifier.
tired of studying and writing research papers, summer vacation came as a relief to the student.
which revision corrects the error in the sentence?
○ summer vacation came as a relief to studying and writing research papers for the student.
○ relief to the student came as summer vacation, which was tired of studying and writing research papers.
○ summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.
○ the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers, came to summer vacation as a relief.

Explanation:

A misplaced modifier occurs when a modifier (like "Tired of studying...") is not clearly attached to the word it modifies. The original sentence incorrectly implies "summer vacation" is tired. We need to reattach the modifier to "the student".

• Option 1: Changes meaning, makes "relief" about "studying/writing" instead of the student's state.
• Option 2: Implies "summer vacation" was tired, which is illogical.
• Option 3: Correctly uses a relative clause ("who was tired...") to attach the modifier to "the student", and the main clause makes sense (vacation was a relief to the student).
• Option 4: Illogically suggests "the student came to summer vacation as a relief" (the vacation is the relief, not the student coming to it).

Answer:

Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.