What is wrong with the following sentence? "Having stalled for two days, the assignment was now late."
A)It lacks parallelism.
B)It contains a dangling modifier.
C)It contains an awkward pointer.
D)Nothing-it is grammatically correct as written.

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B)Only a person can stall for two days, not an assignment, so the modifying phrase, "Having stalled for two days," does not modify the subject of the sentence, "the assignment." Therefore this sentence contains a dangling modifier.

What Is Wrong with the Following Sentence? "Having Stalled for Two