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Problem

While playing the lead in King Richard, the audience groaned as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

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Clue

Modifiers are words that describe the ways of the subject when arranged in a sentence.

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Hint

Modifiers give detailed information and description of the other part of the sentence.

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Sumup

Please summarize choices

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

While playing the lead in King Richard, the audience groaned as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

Choice A is incorrect. The introductory phrase “While playing the lead…” is a dangling modifier because it incorrectly describes the audience instead of the actor.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

"The audience groaned as the actor, while playing the lead in King Richard, delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

Choice B is correct. In this version, the phrase "while playing the lead in King Richard" is appropriately set off by commas, making it a nonrestrictive modifier. This construction effectively conveys the information that the actor’s performance, delivered while playing the lead in "King Richard," was boring and unconvincing and prompted the audience to groan. The sentence is grammatically sound and clear.

Correct The audience groaned as the actor, while playing the lead in King Richard, delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

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Choice-C

The audience groaned, while playing the lead in King Richard, as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

Choice C is incorrect because the modifier “while playing the lead…” is misplaced, so it appears to describe the audience instead of the actor, creating an illogical meaning.

Wrong The audience groaned, while playing the lead in King Richard, as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

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Choice-D

The audience groaned as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance, while playing the lead in King Richard.

Choice D is incorrect because the modifier “while playing the lead…” is placed too far from “the actor,” creating ambiguity about what it modifies and weakening clarity.

Wrong The audience groaned as the actor delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance, while playing the lead in King Richard.

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Step

Correct sentence - The audience groaned as the actor, while playing the lead in King Richard, delivered yet another boring and unconvincing performance.

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Answer

Option B

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Sumup

Please summarize choices