at the botanical gardens, (visitors can see many varieties of plants and flowers walking along the paths)
a) visitors can see many varieties of plants and flowers walking along the paths
c) visitors who walk along the paths can see many varieties of plants and flowers
can anybody explain to me the answer. please explain your choice
Thanks in advance
The phrase “plants and flowers walking along the paths” indicates that the plants themselves are walking. More generally, participial phrases normally modify the closest noun phrase. If you want the visitors to be walking, you need to move the “walk” idea closer to “visitors.”
Okay now it became as clear as crystal. Thank you
(“misplaced modifier” error type, btw)
Music seems to be universal,which exists in some form in all human cultures.
A which exists
B where it exists
D exists
E existing
I understood it but what about this question?? ^^^^^
Why is E correct ?? Here the participial is not near the noun “music”
It is near in the sense that there are no other nouns it can apply to.
Also, when the participle is set off by a comma, it normally attaches to the subject of the adjacent clause regardless of proximity. The previous problem wasn’t like that
Your explanation are trenchant and lucid @WasatchWriter Thank you for answering all of my questions