In the Manhattan SC book, the following sentence is shown in order to emphasize what a dangling modifier is:
Wrong: Using the latest technology, the problem was identified
Correct: Using the latest technology, the engineer identified the problem.
Explaination: The modifier using the latest technology needs to refer to someone who actuallyused the technology.
Thus, the sentence that follows the modifier does not necessarily have to be in present tense as shown in that example.
Now back to
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Wrong: Using the latest technology, the problem was identified
Correct: Using the latest technology, the engineer identified the problem.
Explaination: The modifier using the latest technology needs to refer to someone who actuallyused the technology.
Thus, the sentence that follows the modifier does not necessarily have to be in present tense as shown in that example.
Now back to
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