This is something I don't understand...
I am suppose to reorder the following sentences to place modifiers as close as possible to the words they are intended to modify.
Here it is:
The ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang wandering through the hill country.
2006-09-29 15:52:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The question you need to ask is this: who or what is doing the wandering? Put that "ing" phrase as close to the person or thing it is talking about as possible. In this case, it is worded so that the songs are doing the wandering.
Reorganize the sentence so that the ballad singer is doing the wandering:
Wandering through the hill country, the ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang. (This means that he wandered along through the country and heard songs. Later he sang these songs.)
With "ing" phrases always look for who are what is doing the "ing" and put those close together.
2006-09-29 16:03:31 · answer #1 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wandering through the hill country, the ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang.
2006-09-30 00:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by The Tank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang while wandering through the hill country.
2006-09-29 23:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by PatsyBee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wandering through the hill country the ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang.
2006-09-29 23:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Augustblue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wandering through the hill country the ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang.
2006-09-29 23:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wandering through the hill country, the ballad singer later heard most of the songs he sang.
2006-09-29 22:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about...
Wandering through the hill country, the ballad singer heard most of the songs he later sang.
2006-09-29 23:01:51 · answer #7 · answered by bizime 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He heard the ballads as he wondered thru the hill country .. he later sang the songs
2006-09-29 23:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by clcschiller 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The songs the ballad singer had sung wandering through the hill country, he had heard.
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wow thats tough, good luck
2006-09-29 22:56:44 · answer #9 · answered by sandee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bald singer heard the baLLAD BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH watever
2006-09-29 22:58:10 · answer #10 · answered by cosmoguy2121 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋