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

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The sentence contains a dangling modifier, which means that the subject of the main clause (the assignment) does not match the subject of the introductory dependent clause (who stalled for two days). One possible way to fix this sentence is by rephrasing it to "After stalling for two days, I realized the assignment was now late."

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