Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier? A good friend who moved away years ago will visit us. My family and I went to look at cabins near Lake Argyle. A centerpiece made of driftwood dominated the glass table. The flight was postponed by bad weather for which I had a ticket.
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A clause or phrase, or a word, that is improperly differentiated from the subject it modifies, or say describes is known as misplaced modifiers. The sentences with such improper separation sound obnoxious, ambiguous, and sometimes ridiculous.
Anyhow, in the given query, the modifier which is not placed appropriately is the last statement- "The flight was postponed by bad weather for which I had a ticket."
Moreover, "for which I had a ticket" must be placed right next to "the flight" so that it becomes structurally correct.
Answer:
In the given sentences, the last sentences have a misplaced modifier.
It says “The flight was postponed by bad weather for which I had a ticket.”
Here, “for which I had a ticket” should come after the word ‘flight” and it is to be written as “The flight for which I had a ticket was postponed by bad weather.”
The earlier sentence was rather ambiguous.