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Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample Question #21

Answer: As we climbed to the top of the trail, we could see the ocean.

 

Rationale: “Climbing to the top of the trail” does not sensibly modify anything in the original sentence.It is called a “dangling modifier.”

 

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