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GED writing practice: misplaced modifiers in an email

Question 13 of 36Modifiers

This draft has parts that need fixing. Go to each menu that says Select... and choose the option that is correct in formal standard English.

Email: A winter group ride and a lost bike

To: All bike shop members
From: Devon, Shop Coordinator
Subject: A winter group ride and a lost bike

This winter, the shop will lead a group ride for members on the first Sunday of every month. Riders will meet outside the shop at 10:00 a.m. and ride an easy ten miles on the river trail, with a stop for hot cider halfway. Riders of every speed are welcome, and a volunteer will ride at the back so that no one is left behind.

We also need your help with a mystery. It has a black basket on the front and a silver bell on the handlebars. If you know whose bike it is, please stop by the shop and describe it to a volunteer.

Members may also borrow tools to use at home for up to one week. Tool loans are free, but please return each tool clean and in its case.

Finally, thank you to everyone who came to our fall fundraiser. Together we raised enough money for a new repair stand and a set of floor pumps.

See you on the first Sunday!

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A modifier is a word or group of words that describes something, and it should sit right next to the thing it describes. Find the describing phrase in each choice and ask what it describes. Then look at the words right beside it. When a phrase opens a sentence, it describes the first person or thing named after the comma. Choose the version that puts every phrase in its proper place.

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