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the following sentence has a dangling modifier. carefully turning the pages, this book was sure to be exciting! which revision corrects the sentence with the dangling modifier? carefully turning the pages, this book was sure to be exciting to liev! this book, carefully turning the pages, was sure to be exciting to liev! carefully turning the pages, liev realized that this book was sure to be exciting! this book belonging to liev was sure to be exciting, carefully turning the pages!
A dangling modifier occurs when the word or phrase being modified is not clearly stated. In the original sentence, it's unclear who is turning the pages. The correct revision should clearly identify the do - er of the action. In "Carefully turning the pages, Liev realized that this book was sure to be exciting!", "Liev" is the one turning the pages, which corrects the dangling modifier.
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C. Carefully turning the pages, Liev realized that this book was sure to be exciting!