A dangling modifier
A) often appears at the beginning of a sentence.
B) has nothing to refer to in a sentence.
C) is the same thing as a misplaced modifier.
D) does both (a) and (b).

Question

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A dangling modifier often appears at the beginning of a sentence and has nothing in the sentence that it logically refers to, making both (a) and (b) correct. It is not the same as a misplaced modifier, which is incorrectly positioned in the sentence but has a clear referent.

A Dangling Modifier