Correct Modifiers and Concise Wording

Question 1

What is the modifier in this sentence?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“almost”

Question 2

If nearly all of the people in the race finished, what word or phrase does the modifier belong to?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“everyone”

Question 3

Which revision makes it more clear that nearly all of the people in the race finished?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Almost everyone finished the race.

Question 4

He spoke of his former teachers at the school.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

well

Question 5

Ashley swam at the conference meet, placing second.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

well

Question 6

We walked one step at a time, slowly, really slowly, because it would seem that to most if not all of us the worst and most avoided event was the first day of school.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

We walked slowly to avoid the first day of school.

Question 7

Quietly, without a sound, we crept down the stairs into the basement below our house. It was pitch black. We could hear each individual sound coming from the furnace. It was the squeaky noise that we didn’t recognize. Chills ran down our spines.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“without a sound”; ”individual”; “below our house”

Question 8

After a romp through the garbage, the puppy smelled .

Revolt · Accepted Answer

bad

Question 9

There are pennies in this jar than there were last week.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

fewer

Question 10

A flying, feathered animal that rises before the sun often has better luck than its peers when looking for and obtaining a meal of a long, soft-bodied animal.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A bird that looks for worms before other birds do will probably be successful.

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