After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descend

Hi,
How do you say in A that it is a dangling modifier?

I thought "having finished a hard days work" modified Janet in the first part of the sentence. And ,having is a present participle modifier that is modifying subject the previous clause.

I read the sentence like this: (Information in between commas is removable)
After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her like a soft blanket.

Experts please help.
AjiteshArun generis ScottTargetTestPrep AndrewN egmat GMATNinja

Hello, Aishyk97. This question is probably better relegated to the sidelines. The idea of sleep being comparable to a blanket may be poetic, but such a florid touch is not like any comparison I have seen or would expect to see on the exam. Answer choices (C) through (E) are fundamentally flawed, but the idea that the modifier having finished a hard day's work must refer to the latter part of the sentence is incorrect. With (A) and (B) to consider, there is nothing but philosophy to fall back on. Can sleep be said to descend on somebody, like some puff of wind? Is a person capable of feeling sleep descend on her? What does that feel like? The sentence seems to be describing fatigue, but in a way that is unrealistic, to say the least.

Many questions by third parties are designed with some talking point in mind, but the efforts fall short of a GMAT-like standard. I would recommend studying only official questions for SC practice, and even if you have gone through them all, there is much to be learned by combing through them again, especially the questions you missed, guessed on, or struggled with the first time through.

- Andrew

Hi AndrewN,

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I have seen many of your posts on the forum, thank you for all the great explanations.

As per your advice I will relegate this question.

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