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After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descend [#permalink] New post  17 Jan 2014, 14:21
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After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her like a soft blanket.


A. having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her

B. having finished a hard day's work, she felt sleep descend on her

C. sleep descended on her having finished a hard day's work

D. having finished a hard day's work, sleep had descended on her

E. having completed a hard day's work, sleeping descended on her


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All the options are too ambiguous that the question baffles me. Any expert comment would be truly welcomed. Thanks in advance...!!
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Re: After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descend [#permalink] New post  17 Jan 2014, 18:01
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Sukant2010 wrote:
After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her like a soft blanket.

A. having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her

B. having finished a hard day's work, she felt sleep descend on her

C. sleep descended on her having finished a hard day's work

D. having finished a hard day's work, sleep had descended on her

E. having completed a hard day's work, sleeping descended on her

All the options are too ambiguous that the question baffles me. Any expert comment would be truly welcomed. Thanks in advance...!!
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Whenever you see a participle modifier, the first thing that should come to your mind is that a participle modifier should always modify the word it describes.
Here, having ... shouldn't modify sleep. Instead it should modify she.

Except for B, all the others are dangling modifiers.
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Re: After Janet lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descend [#permalink] New post  08 Nov 2020, 10:26
Verb tense in B looks odd.

....sleep descend on her.

Experts help please.

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