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Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, in 1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career. A) Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, in 1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
traveling & shooting should modify ansel adams and not 1945.
B) In 1945, Ansel Adams began his photographic career, traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest.
ing modifier should modify ansel adams and not the entire clause.
If the verb-ing modifier appears after a clause and is preceded by a comma, then it modifies the entire preceding clause. It
a. either presents additional information about the preceding clause,
b. or presents the result of the preceding clause.
A - AA began his photographic career
how did he do it? by traveling and shooting? - doesn't make any sense.
B - not the case.
C) Having traveled across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, in 1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
having - unnecessary
furthermore, same error as in A.
D) Ansel Adams, in 1945 began his photographic career, traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest.
the construction is bad! very bad!
E) Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, Ansel Adams began his photographic career in 1945.
traveling and shooting modifies ansel adams. correct