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1. Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperior, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete.
2. Digging the sediments in northern China, scientists have gathered evidence suggesting that complex life-forms emerged much earlier than previously thought.
Question: Although both of the sentences have started with dangling modifier, why the second clause of the first sentence has taken a passive subject (the army of terra-cotta warriors) and the second clause of the second sentence has taken an active subject (scientists)?
2. Digging the sediments in northern China, scientists have gathered evidence suggesting that complex life-forms emerged much earlier than previously thought.
Question: Although both of the sentences have started with dangling modifier, why the second clause of the first sentence has taken a passive subject (the army of terra-cotta warriors) and the second clause of the second sentence has taken an active subject (scientists)?
08 May 2017, 23:41
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One way of correcting modifier error is to change active to passive or other way around so that modifier modify intended part of the sentence
In second sentence what does "Digging the sediments in northern China" modify ??
In the first sentence what does "Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement" modify??
In second sentence what does "Digging the sediments in northern China" modify ??
In the first sentence what does "Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement" modify??
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1. Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperior, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete.
2. Digging the sediments in northern China, scientists have gathered evidence suggesting that complex life-forms emerged much earlier than previously thought.
Question: Although both of the sentences have started with dangling modifier, why the second clause of the first sentence has taken a passive subject (the army of terra-cotta warriors) and the second clause of the second sentence has taken an active subject (scientists)?
2. Digging the sediments in northern China, scientists have gathered evidence suggesting that complex life-forms emerged much earlier than previously thought.
Question: Although both of the sentences have started with dangling modifier, why the second clause of the first sentence has taken a passive subject (the army of terra-cotta warriors) and the second clause of the second sentence has taken an active subject (scientists)?
Hi,
There is nothing wrong with Modifier here.
Dangling Modifier is when the Modifier does not refer back correctly to the word it is supposed to...
The first one means the army of terracotta is competing/comparing to the two items and the Modifier is correct there...
The second talks of action being done and refers to the subject...
