Which sentence has a squinting modifier?
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In the original sentence, 'often' could modify either 'revise' or 'perform.'
Its uncertain attachment creates a squinting modifier.
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In the original sentence, 'often' could modify either 'revise' or 'perform.'
Its uncertain attachment creates a squinting modifier.
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The correct correlative pair is 'either...or.'
The two alternatives are expressed in parallel form.
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The adjective 'interested' is conventionally followed by 'in.'
The fixed combination is 'interested in something.'
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'Both...and' joins two qualities that are equally true.
The construction correctly links the parallel adjectives.
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'Responsible for' is the standard adjective-preposition combination.
It identifies the duty assigned to the person.
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The fixed correlative structure is 'no sooner...than.'
It shows that the second event followed immediately.
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'At' is used for a precise clock time.
'In' and 'on' are used for broader periods or dates.
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The standard structure is 'hardly/scarcely...when.'
It indicates that one event was followed almost immediately by another.
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'On' is used with days of the week and specific dates.
Therefore, 'on Friday' is correct.
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'Despite' is followed by a noun phrase or gerund, not a finite clause with 'it was.'
It also does not take 'of.'
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'In' is used with years, months, and longer periods.
The year 2022 requires 'in.'
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'Through' describes movement from one side to the other inside an enclosed space.
A tunnel is an enclosed passage.