213. Clark and Florence Wallace, a husband-and-wife medical team, worked steadily and efficiently through the night, but sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented.
(A) sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented
(B) sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed to be disoriented, she noticed
(C) as they sipped their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented
(D) as they were sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed, she noticed, disoriented
(E) he seemed disoriented, she noticed, sipping their coffee the next morning
Solution:
Modifier**
A: Incorrect due to the use of sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed
B: Incorrect due to use of sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed
She can sip her coffee or they can sip their coffee. The pronouns he and she in the above two choices fail to agree with the respective modifiers.
C: Correct, owing to the aforementioned reasoning.
D: Incorrect. Same reasoning.
E: Incorrect. Same reasoning. Moreover, its awkward.
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(A) sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented
(B) sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed to be disoriented, she noticed
(C) as they sipped their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented
(D) as they were sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed, she noticed, disoriented
(E) he seemed disoriented, she noticed, sipping their coffee the next morning
Solution:
Modifier**
A: Incorrect due to the use of sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed
B: Incorrect due to use of sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed
She can sip her coffee or they can sip their coffee. The pronouns he and she in the above two choices fail to agree with the respective modifiers.
C: Correct, owing to the aforementioned reasoning.
D: Incorrect. Same reasoning.
E: Incorrect. Same reasoning. Moreover, its awkward.
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