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Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was

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A. this is wrong because we have two independent clauses -‘Charles Lindbergh was very reluctant’ and ‘he therefore refused to carry…’ connected by a comma. This makes a run-on sentence.

B. The ‘being …’ must have modified the clause after it- >’he therefore refused to carry …’ But this ‘being …’ modifier modifies the clause preceding it -> ‘When Charles …’. The basic rule here is this – a modifier in the middle of a sentence generally modifies the clause
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