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Read this passage completely to get a good sense of the 10 misplaced and danglin

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Read this passage completely to get a good sense of the 10 misplaced and dangling modifiers throughout. Then, identify each error by clicking on the word or group of words that makes up the misplaced or dangling modifier.

We thought camping would be a cheap and simple vacation. It was cheap, but hardly it was simple.Warning about bears and thieves, we were pitching our tents when a park ranger came by. Each night, sherecommended that we take a spoon and a pan into our tent. Trying to enter the tent, the racket might beenough to scare off a bear. She also told us about campground thieves. In seconds, thieves have beenknown to drive up and clear a campsite. Putting away everything at night and when we were away from thecampsite, she strongly advised us. Then there were the chipmunks. Scurrying toward our campsite, we sawhundreds of chipmunks each time we cooked. Finally, we worked in teams, with one person cooking and theother fending off hungry chippies. During the day we went hiking and did some fishing even. Each eveningwe would nearly store all our equipment before retiring with spoon and pan in hand. Exhausted from theday's activity, the ground was hard, but we slept soundly.

Explanation / Answer

The dangling modifiers have been underlined and bold

We thought camping would be a cheap and simple vacation. It was cheap, but hardly it was simple. Warning about bears and thieves, we were pitching our tents when a park ranger came by. Each night, she recommended that we take a spoon and a pan into our tent. Trying to enter the tent, the racket might be enough to scare off a bear. She also told us about campground thieves. In seconds, thieves have been known to drive up and clear a campsite. Putting away everything at night and when we were away from thecampsite, she strongly advised us. Then there were the chipmunks. Scurrying toward our campsite, we saw hundreds of chipmunks each time we cooked. Finally, we worked in teams, with one person cooking and the other fending off hungry chippies. During the day we went hiking and did some fishing even. Each evening, we would nearly store all our equipment before retiring with spoon and pan in hand. Exhausted from the day's activity, the ground was hard, but we slept soundly.