The lady who lives next door called Turbo has an enormous rottweiler.
Which of the following is misplaced in the sentence above?

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Misplaced modifiers are words or phrases that are not located properly in relation to the words they modify. To fix a misplaced modifier, we need to place the modifier next to the word or phrase that it modifies.
In this example, "called Turbo" is meant to modify "rottweiler," but its placement makes it seem like that lady that lives next door is called Turbo.
In order to correct this, we must place the modifier as close as possible to "rottweiler".
The lady who lives next door has an enormous rottweiler called Turbo.

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