Belajar Bahasa Inggris Dangling Modifier 2

Revise the following sentences to eliminate the dangling modifiers.

EXERCISE 1

1. Screening employees before hiring them, lie detectors are being used more and more.
2. Applying for employment, employers give 500,000 lie detector tests every year.
3. Placed around the chest, the machine uses a rubber tube to measure breathing.
4. To measure blood pressure, a blood pressure cuff on the arm must be inflated.
5. Attached to the hands or fingers, a technician uses electrodes to measure perspiration.
6. Relevant and irrelevant questions are asked in conducting the test.
7. If lying, the relevant questions will cause changes on all three sensors.
8. While measuring these changes, stress is the real object of measurement.
9. In interpreting the test, the machine's records are given meaning by the human examiner.
10. To assure accuracy, the results must be interpreted with great care; critics say the machines are inaccurate nearly one-third of the time anyway.

Revise the following sentences to eliminate the dangling modifiers.

EXERCISE 2

1. After doing the test, the teacher allowed them to go home.
2. To work efficiently, frequent oiling of the machine is required.
3. After painting the car, it was given to the man's wife by the man.
4. Having been found guilty by the jury, the judge gave the dependent a severe sentence.
5. Being very protective of its young, all those who approached the nest are attacked by the mother eagles.
6. When ready, take the meat out of the oven immediately.
7. Having wondered through the mountain passes for days, an abandoned shack where they could take shelter was was discovered by the hikers.
8. After cooked for an hour, mother took the water and it was entered into the thermos bottle.
9. Not knowing what to do in such awkward situation, the window was broken with a chair by Frank and he jumped out.
10. After winning the tennis match, the victory made Rudy jump for joy.

Model answer

EXERCISE 1

1. Employers are using lie detectors more and more to screen employees before hiring them.OR Screening employees before hiring them, employers are using lie detectors more and more
2. Employers give 500,000 lie detector tests every year to people applying for employment.
3. The machine uses a rubber tube placed around the chest to measure breathing.
4. A blood pressure cuff on the arm must be inflated to measure blood pressure.
5. A technician uses electrodes attached to the hands or fingers to measure perspiration.
6. In conducting the test, the technician asks relevant and irrelevant questions are asked .
7. The relevant questions will cause changes on all three sensors if the subject is lying.
8. While the machine measures these changes, stress is the real object of measurement.
9. In interpreting the test, the human examiner gives meaning to the machine's records.
10. To assure accuracy, the examiner must interpret the result with great care; critics say the machines are inaccurate nearly one-third of the time anyway.

EXERCISE 2

1. After doing the test, the students were allowed to go home by the teacher OR After the students had done the test, the teacher allowed them to go home..
2. To work efficiently, the machine requires frequent oiling. OR In order the machine works efficiently, frequent oiling of the machine is required.
3. After painting the car, the man gave it (the car) to the man's wife. OR After the man had painted the car, it was given to the man's wife.
4. Having been found guilty by the jury, the dependent was given a severe sentence by the judge. OR The dependent had been found guilty by the jury, the judge gave him a severe sentence.
5. Being very protective of its young, the mother of eagles (will) attack all those who approached the nest. OR The eagle mother is very protective of its young, all those who approached the nest are attacked by her.
6. When the meat is ready, take it out of the oven immediately. OR When ready, the meat can be taken out of the oven immediately.
7. After the hikers had wondered through the mountain passes for days, they discovered an abandoned shack where they could take shelter. OR Having wondered through the mountain passes for days, the hikers discovered an abandoned shack where they could take shelter.
8. After cooked for an hour, the water was taken by mother and it was entered into the thermos bottle. OR After the water was cooked for an hour, mother took it and it was entered into the thermos bottle.
9. Not knowing what to do in such awkward situation, Frank broke the window  with a chair and he jumped out. OR Because Frank did not know what to do in such an awkward situation, he broke the window  with a chair and he jumped out.
10. After winning the tennis match, Rudy jumped for joy of the victory. OR After Rudy had won the tennis match, he jumped for joy of the victory.