Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
Arriving late for the movie, Jack quietly took a seat.
Arriving early to class, Leslie had time to finish her homework.
Without hearing the instructions, I found that the assignment was difficult to complete.
After reading the whole book, the ending was unsatisfying.

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Answer: D) After reading the whole book, the ending was unsatisfying.

Explanation: A dangling modifier is a grammatical structure where a modifier could be associated with the wrong word or subject, or it can be associated with no particular word at all. This can produce to difficulty in the comprehension of the text. In the given sentences, the first three don't have a dangling modifier because there is no change in the subject (Jack arrived late, and took a seat; Leslie finish her homework arriving early, and I didn't hear the instructions so I found the assignment difficult) but in the last sentence, there is a change in the subject (I read the book, but the ending was unsatisfying) which implies a dangling modifier.

The sentence that has a dangling modifier is after reading the whole book, the ending was unsatisfying.

What is a dangling modifier?

Dangling modifiers are words that change the word in the sentence that isn't explicitly expressed.

Dangling modifiers can be determined by putting the subject after a modifier, or by adding it in a modified phrase.

Thus, the correct option is D, After reading the whole book, the ending was unsatisfying.

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