Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1). If not, select one of the other choices.

Concealing the footmen in a thicket, at the head of thirty horsemen, he rode boldly to the gates of the castle.

  1. at the head of thirty horsemen, he rode boldly

  2. at the head of thirty horsemen, he boldly rode

  3. he, at the head of the thirty horsemen, boldly rode

  4. he, at the head of thirty horsemen, rode boldly

  5. at the head of thirty horsemen, he had ridden boldly
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

corrects the error of dangling modifier.

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