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Interacting with their environment, everyday objects are played with by children for learning.
A. everyday objects are played with by children for learning
B. everyday objects teach children through play
C. children learn by playing with everyday objects
D. children play with everyday objects, and in this way, learn
E. everyday objects teach children to play
A. everyday objects are played with by children for learning
B. everyday objects teach children through play
C. children learn by playing with everyday objects
D. children play with everyday objects, and in this way, learn
E. everyday objects teach children to play
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Interacting with their environment, everyday objects are played with by children for learning.
A. everyday objects are played with by children for learning
This sentence begins with a modifier: Interacting with their environment. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is children. However, the word children is quite far from the modifier that describes it.
What helps us identify this question as a Misplaced Modifier question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
**A modifier**
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and separated by a comma). The modifier should modify the noun following the comma.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and preceded by a comma; the modifier should refer back to the nearest subject or clause or show the result of the previous clause.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and NOT preceded by a comma; the modifier should modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, focus on the modifier: check whether the modifier modifies what it is supposed to.
B. everyday objects teach children through play
This answer choice repeats the original mistake: This sentence begins with a modifier: Interacting with their environment. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is children. However, the word children is quite far from the modifier that describes it.
What helps us identify this question as a Misplaced Modifier question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
**A modifier**
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and separated by a comma). The modifier should modify the noun following the comma.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and preceded by a comma; the modifier should refer back to the nearest subject or clause or show the result of the previous clause.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and NOT preceded by a comma; the modifier should modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, focus on the modifier: check whether the modifier modifies what it is supposed to.
C. children learn by playing with everyday objects
This sentence begins with a modifier: Interacting with their environment. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is children, so children should immediately follow the modifier.
D. children play with everyday objects, and in this way, learn
Although this answer choice corrects the original Misplaced Modifier mistake and is grammatically correct, stylistically it is not the most concise of the five answer choices. There's another grammatically correct answer that is more concise than this one. Look for it!
E. everyday objects teach children to play
This answer choice repeats the original mistake: This sentence begins with a modifier: Interacting with their environment. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is children. However, the word children is quite far from the modifier that describes it.
What helps us identify this question as a Misplaced Modifier question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
**A modifier**
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and separated by a comma). The modifier should modify the noun following the comma.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and preceded by a comma; the modifier should refer back to the nearest subject or clause or show the result of the previous clause.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and NOT preceded by a comma; the modifier should modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, focus on the modifier: check whether the modifier modifies what it is supposed to.
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