The McGraw-Hill College Handbook    Ex. 19.2     page 292   

 Misplaced Modifiers

1. With his father and his uncle, Marco Polo dangerously traveled overland to China to visit the Mongol Empire.

2. In his pajamas, he stood in the middle of the room and shouted at everyone.

3. Over the telephone, he apologized to his teacher for his paper which was smeared with ink and covered with egg and coffee stains.

4. On the wall in the kitchen, she used crayon to write the outline of her book.

5. When she was a little girl, she used to lie awake at night and wish that she had a horse in her bedroom.

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