Identify the sentence that contains a misplaced or dangling modifier. a. after counting the ballots several times, the election commission sent the results to the secretary of state. b. writing during the elizabethan era, shakespeare often dramatized the problems of royalty. c. hidden under the doormat, the burglar easily found the spare key. d. although the contract was difficult to understand, elizabeth was able to interpret it.

C

Explanation:

 The sentence in option C contains a misplaced modifier "Hidden under the doormat" . This phrase used in this place makes the meaning confusing. What or who is under the doormat? The burglar or the spare key? So, to eliminate the confusion, we can place this sentence after the noun "key" : The burglar easily found the spare key hidden under the doormat.

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.

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