<p>Not carefully watching the clock, there was not enough time for the teacher to explain clearly the assignment for the following week. No error</p>
<p>I picked no error, but the answer key says A. Could someone please explain why A is not good?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>A must be changed because the way it is stated must be followed by the thing performing the action. “Not carefully watching the clock, there” should be “Not carefully watching the clock, someone …” Because right now it makes no sense what or who is not carefully watching the clock.</p>
<p>i think A appears to be a dangling modifer, not carefully watching suggests the teacher, but the subject in the following sentence is a THERE BE structure, which seems wrong.</p>
<p>Can anyone correct this sentence? I wonder if it is possible.</p>
<p>“Not carefully watching the clock, the teacher did not have enough time to explain clearly the assignment for the following week.”</p>