Question

Question from HESI A2 grammar section.

Can someone explain how C is the correct answer AND why the rest would be incorrect?

1. Which of the following sentences is grammat- ically correct? A. After receiving intravenous antibiotics, Jarod's health improved. B. Growing up, Tom's father always read Tom a bedtime story. C. Leaving the door open behind her, Meg stepped into the room. D. Before traveling abroad, passports were obtained by the students.

Answer 1

A, B, and D have misplaced modifiers. That is, the way that the sentences are constructed make it so that they describe the object rather than the subject.

For A, After receiving intravenous antibiotics, Instead would be to Jarod’s health improved after receiving intravenous antibiotics.

For B, Growing up, Tom’s father always read Tom a bedtime story. It Wiuld be Growing up, Tom was always read a bedtime story to by his father.

For D, better sentences would be The students obtained passports before traveling abroad. or The students, before traveling abroad, obtained passports.