Verbal Reasoning - English - English Grammar:

Misplaced Modifiers

MCQ - 636-4915

Question:

The book had a frighteningly and unhappy ending.

a frighteningly and unhappy ending.
a frighteningly and unhappily ending.
an ending that was frightening and unhappily.
a frighteningly and unhappily ending.
an ending that was frightening and it was also an unhappy one.

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Adjectives modify nouns and adverbs modify verbs. In choice d, the adjectives frightening and unhappy correctly modify the noun ending. In choices a and b frighteningly is an adverb incorrectly modifying a noun. In choice c, the adverb unhappily incorrectly modifies a noun. Choice e is unnecessarily wordy.

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