Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
The girl walked the dog, in a green dress.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The original sentence, 'The girl walked the dog, in a green dress,' is grammatically incorrect due to a misplaced modifier. The phrase 'in a green dress' is intended to describe the girl, but its placement after 'the dog' makes it seem as though the dog is wearing the dress.
Option (C), 'in a green dress, walked the dog,' corrects the error by placing the descriptive phrase 'in a green dress' at the beginning of the clause, immediately before the action it describes (performed by the girl). Hence the correct sentence would be “The girl in a green dress, walked the dog”.