The following sentence has a misplaced modifier. Tired of studying and writing research papers, summer vacation came as a relief to the student. Which revision corrects the error in the sentence?
Answer
A
Relief to the student came as summer vacation, which was tired of studying and writing research papers.
B
Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.
C
The student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers, came to summer vacation as a relief.
D
Summer vacation came as a relief to studying and writing research papers for the student.
Explanation
The opening phrase “Tired of studying and writing research papers” describes the student, not summer vacation. Choice A places the phrase next to “the student” and clearly identifies who was tired. The other choices either make vacation or research papers seem tired, or incorrectly say that the student came to summer vacation as a relief.
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