Looking up from the book, the fire alarm caught my attention.Looking up from the book, my attention was caught by the fire alarm.The fire alarm caught my attention, looking up from the book.The fire alarm caught my attention, so I looked up from my book.The sentence is correct as written.
Answer
A
Looking up from the book, my attention was caught by the fire alarm.
B
The fire alarm caught my attention, looking up from the book.
C
The fire alarm caught my attention, so I looked up from my book.
D
The sentence is correct as written.
Explanation
The opening phrase “Looking up from the book” describes the person who looked up, so that person should be the subject of the sentence. Choice C makes the meaning clear: the fire alarm caught the speaker’s attention, so the speaker looked up. In the original sentence, the fire alarm seems to be the one looking up, creating a dangling modifier.
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